.TP
.B "\-ephemeral"
The association with the peer is not intended to persist indefinitely.
-If a peer marked as ephemeral is killed, or the
+When a peer is killed, or the
.BR tripe (8)
-daemon is shut down, send a
+daemon is shut down, a
.B bye
-packet to the peer so that it forgets about us; if a peer marked as
-ephemeral sends us a
+packet is to the peer(s). If a peer marked as ephemeral sends us a
.B bye
packet then it is killed (but in this case no further
.B bye
-packet is sent). Peers not marked as ephemeral exhibit neither of these
-behaviours; each peer must have the other marked as ephemeral for the
-association to be fully torn down if either end kills the other.
+packet is sent). A
+.B bye
+packet from a peer which isn't marked as ephemeral leaves the peer alone
+in the hope that the connection can be reestablished.
.TP
.BI "\-keepalive " time
Send a no-op packet if we've not sent a packet to the peer in the last
.BI "KILL " peer
Causes the server to forget all about
.IR peer .
-All keys are destroyed, and no more packets are sent. No notification
-is sent to the peer: if it's important that the peer be notified, you
-must think of a way to do that yourself.
+All keys are destroyed, and no more packets are sent. A
+.B bye
+message is sent to the peer if it's marked as
+.B "\-ephemeral"
+\(en see the
+.B "ADD"
+command.
.SP
.B "LIST"
For each currently-known peer, an