Docs: clarify command string content in ${readsocket }

[exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 18d67fe208458ee87a09ad693f8076fedece0bb0..904f831e8abe9893fedc89025bb95e25895a3de1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -9677,7 +9677,8 @@ ${readsocket{inet:[::1]:1234}{request string}}
 Only a single host name may be given, but if looking it up yields more than
 one IP address, they are each tried in turn until a connection is made. For
 both kinds of socket, Exim makes a connection, writes the request string
-(unless it is an empty string) and reads from the socket until an end-of-file
+unless it is an empty string; and no terminating NUL is ever sent)
+and reads from the socket until an end-of-file
 is read. A timeout of 5 seconds is applied. Additional, optional arguments
 extend what can be done. Firstly, you can vary the timeout. For example:
 .code