* tramp.texi (Inline methods): The hostname of the su(do)? methods

must be a local host.

diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 87164bfce31c88b14b1caf543bc0c7f504dedc9c..331ec594bf05511a2c74f4d419701b6db00b9f61 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -672,8 +672,10 @@ as the @option{rsh} method.
 
 This method does not connect to a remote host at all, rather it uses
 the @command{su} program to allow you to edit files as another user.
-With other words, a specified host name in the file name is silently
-ignored.
+That means, the specified host name in the file name must be either
+@samp{localhost} or the host name as returned by the function
+@command{(system-name)}.  For an exception of this rule see
+@ref{Multi-hops}.
 
 
 @item @option{sudo}