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diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING
index 39eafec20..3c1d0d957 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING
+++ b/doc/HACKING
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ down bugs.
Jenkins
~~~~~~~
-http://jenkins.torproject.org
+https://jenkins.torproject.org
Dmalloc
~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 4b686ca88..c49692c69 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,17 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
the specified number of bytes per second, and the average outgoing
bandwidth usage to that same value. If you want to run a relay in the
public network, this needs to be _at the very least_ 30 KBytes (that is,
- 30720 bytes). (Default: 1 GByte)
+ 30720 bytes). (Default: 1 GByte) +
+ +
+ With this option, and in other options that take arguments in bytes,
+ KBytes, and so on, other formats are also supported. Notably, "KBytes" can
+ also be written as "kilobytes" or "kb"; "MBytes" can be written as
+ "megabytes" or "MB"; "kbits" can be written as "kilobits"; and so forth.
+ Tor also accepts "byte" and "bit" in the singular.
+ The prefixes "tera" and "T" are also recognized.
+ If no units are given, we default to bytes.
+ To avoid confusion, we recommend writing "bytes" or "bits" explicitly,
+ since it's easy to forget that "B" means bytes, not bits.
[[BandwidthBurst]] **BandwidthBurst** __N__ **bytes**|**KBytes**|**MBytes**|**GBytes**|**KBits**|**MBits**|**GBits**::
Limit the maximum token bucket size (also known as the burst) to the given
@@ -534,6 +544,12 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
following the Tor specification. Otherwise, they are logged with severity
\'info'. (Default: 0)
+[[PredictedPortsRelevanceTime]] **PredictedPortsRelevanceTime** __NUM__::
+ Set how long, after the client has mad an anonymized connection to a
+ given port, we will try to make sure that we build circuits to
+ exits that support that port. The maximum value for this option is 1
+ hour. (Default: 1 hour)
+
[[RunAsDaemon]] **RunAsDaemon** **0**|**1**::
If 1, Tor forks and daemonizes to the background. This option has no effect
on Windows; instead you should use the --service command-line option.
@@ -1728,13 +1744,13 @@ is non-zero):
localhost, RFC1918 addresses, and so on. This can create security issues;
you should probably leave it off. (Default: 0)
-[[MaxMemInCellQueues]] **MaxMemInCellQueues** __N__ **bytes**|**KB**|**MB**|**GB**::
+[[MaxMemInQueues]] **MaxMemInQueues** __N__ **bytes**|**KB**|**MB**|**GB**::
This option configures a threshold above which Tor will assume that it
- needs to stop queueing cells because it's about to run out of memory.
- If it hits this threshold, it will begin killing circuits until it
- has recovered at least 10% of this memory. Do not set this option too
+ needs to stop queueing or buffering data because it's about to run out of
+ memory. If it hits this threshold, it will begin killing circuits until
+ it has recovered at least 10% of this memory. Do not set this option too
low, or your relay may be unreliable under load. This option only
- affects circuit queues, so the actual process size will be larger than
+ affects some queues, so the actual process size will be larger than
this. (Default: 8GB)
DIRECTORY SERVER OPTIONS