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-rw-r--r--Documentation/public-inbox-config.pod3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod4
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-config.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-config.pod
index 4e8ba4da..8d545f7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-config.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-config.pod
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Default: none; only for L<public-inbox-watch(1)> users
         [publicinbox "test"]
                 watchheader = List-Id:<test.example.com>
 
+If specified, L<public-inbox-watch(1)> will only process mail matching
+the given header.  Multiple values are not currently supported.
+
 Default: none; only for L<public-inbox-watch(1)> users
 
 =item publicinbox.<name>.nntpmirror
diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod
index 3f282f0f..198c170a 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ In ~/.public-inbox/config:
                 mainrepo = /path/to/test.example.com.git
 
                 ; config keys specific to public-inbox-watch:
+
                 watch = maildir:/path/to/maildirs/.INBOX.test/
+
+                ; optional, emails that don't have a header matching
+                ; value will be skipped
                 watchheader = List-Id:<test.example.com>
 
         [publicinboxwatch]