document proxying to special remotes

diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
index 3d95cd5b1aaab6a0f6ce188c62dd8bccdb3e9bcb..51438ef7d97bf1c808d258569734c8672a249146 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ Remotes are configured using these settings in `.git/config`.
 * `remote.<name>.annex-proxy`
 
   Set to "true" to make the local repository able to act as a proxy to this
-  remote. 
+  remote. The remote can be a git-annex repository or a special remote.
 
   After configuring this, run [[git-annex-updateproxy](1) to store
   the new configuration in the git-annex branch.

diff --git a/doc/tips/clusters.mdwn b/doc/tips/clusters.mdwn
index 320e77f9a57b3efb9450e8c99b6231e187b089ad..e9fc4d5bcc7449d24f8647e72bce6da059f3b5a0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tips/clusters.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/clusters.mdwn
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ form a single logical repository.
 A cluster is accessed via a gateway repository. The gateway is not itself
 a node of the cluster.
 
+A cluster's nodes can be any combination of git-annex repositories and
+special remotes.
+
 [[!toc ]]
 
 ## using a cluster