Would the below be correct, or are these options mutually exclusive in some way? This commentary is intended for a docstring, not the manual, but the footnotes for which will be similar and with xrefs:

Before creating ad-hoc multi-hop remote connections, customize either or
both:
`tramp-save-ad-hoc-proxies' to non-nil to persist proxy routes.
`tramp-show-ad-hoc-proxies' to non-nil to ensure connections are fully
 qualified.

On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> wrote:
Ship Mints <shipmints@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

> Okay, so no objections to clarifying that users need to ensure they
> bind tramp-show-ad-hoc-proxies to non-nil in advance of any multi-hop
> connections? I can mention both, as succinctly as I can in the
> footnote and docstring, and refer readers to the Tramp manual entries
> in the shell bookmark manual?

If I were you, I would mention both variants: using
tramp-show-ad-hoc-proxies and tramp-save-ad-hoc-proxies. References to
the Tramp manual shall be OK, because it is bundled with Emacs.

Best regards, Michael.