Subject: [PATCH 2/2] services: nginx: Improve reload action documentation.

From: EuAndreh <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:57:19 -0300

* gnu/services/web.scm (nginx-shepherd-service): Be explicit about the
reload action not changing the configuration file, but instead
respawning worker processes.
---
 gnu/services/web.scm | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/services/web.scm b/gnu/services/web.scm
index 7fde8824b3..2023119037 100644
--- a/gnu/services/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/web.scm
@@ -819,7 +819,11 @@ (define (nginx-shepherd-service config)
               (list
                (shepherd-action
                  (name 'reload)
-                 (documentation "Reload NGINX configuration file and restart worker processes.")
+                 (documentation "Reload nginx configuration file and restart worker processes.
+This has the effect of killing old worker processes and starting new ones, using
+the same configuration file.  It is useful for situations where the same nginx
+configuration file can point to different things after a reload, such as
+renewed TLS certificates, or @code{include}d files.")
                  (procedure (nginx-action "-s" "reload"))))))))))
 
 (define nginx-service-type
-- 
2.38.0