From 969d51781ac94017e7b428f3021e36536a805de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sarah Christoff Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 08:41:28 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update -protocol doc (#6681) * Update -protocol to have more clear version wording Co-Authored-By: Judith Malnick --- website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md index dc7dd634c..c1c2eb109 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md @@ -399,9 +399,9 @@ The options below are all specified on the command-line. path for the agent to store its PID. This is useful for sending signals (for example, `SIGINT` to close the agent or `SIGHUP` to update check definite -* `-protocol` - The Consul protocol version to - use. This defaults to the latest version. This should be set only when [upgrading](/docs/upgrading.html). - You can view the protocol versions supported by Consul by running `consul -v`. +* `-protocol` - The Consul protocol version to use. Consul agents speak protocol 2 by default, + however agents will automatically use protocol >2 when speaking to compatible agents. This should be set only when + [upgrading](/docs/upgrading.html). You can view the protocol versions supported by Consul by running `consul -v`. * `-raft-protocol` - This controls the internal version of the Raft consensus protocol used for server communications. This must be set to 3 in order to