From c0fcbdd8b28ceff5b9df9a6b04729e61463e03bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Howard Chu <hyc@openldap.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:08:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] mirrormode is still single-master, but must be enforced
 externally

---
 doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index aa558ca941..bd9f777f1f 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1330,7 +1330,10 @@ This option puts a replica database into "mirror" mode.  Update
 operations will be accepted from any user, not just the updatedn.  The
 database must already be configured as a slurpd or syncrepl consumer
 before this keyword may be set.  This mode must be used with extreme
-care, as it does not offer any consistency guarantees.
+care, as it does not offer any consistency guarantees.  This feature
+is intended to be used with an external frontend that guarantees that
+writes are only directed to a single master, switching to an alternate
+server only if the original master goes down.
 By default, mirrormode is off.
 .TP
 .B overlay <overlay-name>
-- 
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