From 49308dcc7ad498d03d5460c0078d1e684cb1a1a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:30:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that the nickname part of a LongName is indeed
 optional.

svn:r19076
---
 doc/spec/control-spec.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
index 86bdf84052..576c5dcd53 100644
--- a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ $Id$
   Fingerprint = "$" 40*HEXDIG
 
   ; A "=" indicates that the given nickname is canonical; a "~" indicates
-  ; that the given nickname is not canonical.
+  ; that the given nickname is not canonical.  If no nickname is given at
+  ; all, Tor does not even have a guess for what this router calls itself.
   LongName = Fingerprint [ ( "=" / "~" ) Nickname ]
 
   ; How a controller tells Tor about a particular OR.  There are four
-- 
2.11.4.GIT