--- a/doc/admin_guide.txt	Sun May 14 00:49:43 2023 -0400
+++ b/doc/admin_guide.txt	Sun May 14 01:03:09 2023 -0400
@@ -232,8 +232,12 @@
 
 Note it will save an old config.ini file to config.bak and create a
 new config.ini. The file is recreated from scratch ignoring the
-contents of the current config.ini. You may need to merge the
-backup and config files.
+contents of the current config.ini. You may need to merge the backup
+and config files. save-config doesn't attempt to load or verify an
+existing config.ini. Running this in a tracker home directory will
+move the exsiting config.ini to config.bak and replace it with the
+roundup-server's config.ini. This will make the tracker in the
+directory fail to start util the original config.ini is restored.
 
 Configuring Compression
 =======================