Merge pull request #3679 from laanwj/2014_02_walletpassphrase_behavior

Document new `walletpassphrase` behavior in 0.9
2025-11-13 07:28:59 +01:00 · 2014-02-17 12:11:13 -05:00
parent e7d854c8ba 6c0db81c09
commit b25d1c0509
2 changed files with 24 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/src/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -1574,6 +1574,9 @@ Value walletpassphrase(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
            "\nArguments:\n"
            "1. \"passphrase\"     (string, required) The wallet passphrase\n"
            "2. timeout            (numeric, required) The time to keep the decryption key in seconds.\n"
+            "\nNote:\n"
+            "Issuing the walletpassphrase command while the wallet is already unlocked will set a new unlock\n"
+            "time that overrides the old one.\n"
            "\nExamples:\n"
            "\nunlock the wallet for 60 seconds\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("walletpassphrase", "\"my pass phrase\" 60") +