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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/strongswan.conf.5.in b/man/strongswan.conf.5.in
index 847d9d520..ecc2f71c0 100644
--- a/man/strongswan.conf.5.in
+++ b/man/strongswan.conf.5.in
@@ -319,7 +319,11 @@ Send strongSwan vendor ID payload
Section to define syslog loggers, see LOGGER CONFIGURATION
.TP
.BR charon.threads " [16]"
-Number of worker threads in charon
+Number of worker threads in charon. Several of these are reserved for long
+running tasks in internal modules and plugins. Therefore, make sure you don't
+set this value too low. The number of idle worker threads listed in
+.I ipsec statusall
+might be used as indicator on the number of reserved threads.
.TP
.BR charon.user
Name of the user the daemon changes to after startup