From e66836db605546cc265480c028c1a26958f50c0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wm4 <wm4@nowhere>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 20:49:35 +0100
Subject: manpage: ipc: suggest --idle

---
 DOCS/man/ipc.rst | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/DOCS/man/ipc.rst b/DOCS/man/ipc.rst
index d904eeae87..5a6f0f11f8 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/ipc.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/ipc.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ mpv can be controlled by external programs using the JSON-based IPC protocol. It
 can be enabled by specifying the path to a unix socket using the option
 ``--input-unix-socket``. Clients can connect to this socket and send commands to
 the player or receive events from it. You can use the ``socat`` tool to send
-commands (and receive reply) from the shell.
+commands (and receive reply) from the shell. See the ``--idle`` option how to
+make mpv start without exiting immediately or playing a file.
 
 .. warning::
 
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