From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 11:02:16 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: doc: document (tersely) the intended behaviour of relative paths.
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doc: document (tersely) the intended behaviour of relative paths.
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diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-config.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-config.rst
index 32290a38..b158dac3 100644
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-config.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-config.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ configuration file and corresponding database.
     characters. In a multiple-value item (a list), the values are
     separated by semicolon characters.
 
-The available configuration items are described below.
+The available configuration items are described below. Non-absolute
+paths are presumed relative to `$HOME` for items in section
+**database**.
 
 **database.path**
     Notmuch will store its database here, (in