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diff --git a/server/tripe-admin.5.in b/server/tripe-admin.5.in
index 2055c9ab..50933a8a 100644
--- a/server/tripe-admin.5.in
+++ b/server/tripe-admin.5.in
@@ -363,18 +363,18 @@ sends us something before responding.
 .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