diff --git a/docs/running.rst b/docs/running.rst index 2cff59928..b487f4ae3 100644 --- a/docs/running.rst +++ b/docs/running.rst @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Multiple Instances ------------------ Running multiple instances against the same configuration directory isn't supported. -This will lead to undefined behavior and could corrupt the configuration state. +This will lead to undefined behavior and could corrupt the configuration or state. We attempt to avoid this situation with a "pidfile"-style file in the config directory called ``running.process``. There may be a parallel file called ``running.process.lock`` in existence.