From 3b2d4fe876c6d7f86f0acd2e2a668cc0e902b5fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: silmaril42 <31900904+silmaril42@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 03:46:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: add detail about consumer polling behavior
 (#5674)

---
 docs/configuration.md | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index f5ffbf9b0..6b75f33e6 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -1050,8 +1050,10 @@ system changes with `inotify`.
 
 #### [`PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT=<num>`](#PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT) {#PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT}
 
-: If consumer polling is enabled, sets the number of times paperless
-will check for a file to remain unmodified.
+: If consumer polling is enabled, sets the maximum number of times
+paperless will check for a file to remain unmodified. If a file's
+modification time and size are identical for two consecutive checks, it
+will be consumed.
 
     Defaults to 5.