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diff --git a/sysutils/monitord/pkg-descr b/sysutils/monitord/pkg-descr
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-This port allows one to monitor other standalone services and automatically
-restart them if they are accidentally and unwittingly terminated, or crash
-either because of instability or a DoS attack.
+This port allows one to monitor other standalone services and
+automatically restart them if they are accidentally and unwittingly
+terminated, or crash either because of instability or a DoS attack. It
+simplifies a corresponding task capable of being performed by cron(8) by
+not requiring scripts to be run from a cron tab that in turn checks for
+the *.pid files of services to determine whether they are running, but
+instead uses procfs to determine if they are running or not. The
+configuration file is simple and easily setup.
+
+Note: version 0.2.0 and up have a slightly different configuration file
+format and any previous configuration file from version 0.1.0 should
+be updated accordingly.
 
 - Walt
 walt@erudition.net