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.SH NAME
swanctl.conf \- swanctl configuration file
.SH DESCRIPTION
-Bla bla
+swanctl.conf is the configuration file used by the
+.BR swanctl (8)
+tool to load configurations and credentials into the strongSwan IKE daemon.
-For a description of the syntax refer to
+For a description of the basic file syntax refer to
.BR strongswan.conf (5).
+.SH TIME FORMATS
+For all options that define a time, the time is specified in seconds. The
+.RI "" "s" ","
+.RI "" "m" ","
+.RI "" "h" ""
+and
+.RI "" "d" ""
+suffixes explicitly define the units for seconds, minutes, hours and days,
+respectively.
+
.SH SETTINGS
-The following settings can be used to configure IKE and CHILD SAs and
-credentials.
+The following settings can be used to configure connections, credentials and
+pools.