From 4aebb1f12756593408d6f012adb923e4c9b81e1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Camera <dennis.camera@ssrq-sds-fds.ch>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 21:18:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [type/__uci*] Update man.rst regarding quoting requirements

---
 cdist/conf/type/__uci/man.rst         | 2 ++
 cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/man.rst | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__uci/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__uci/man.rst
index 9d33d618..c7f5f4f0 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__uci/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__uci/man.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ value
     Due to the way cdist handles arguments, values **must not** contain newline
     characters.
 
+    Values do not need special quoting for UCI. The only requirement is that the
+    value is passed to the type as a single shell argument.
 
 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
 -------------------
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/man.rst
index b8829433..753d00b3 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/man.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ list
     same ``<option>`` repeatedly.
 
     The value to this parameter is a ``<option>=<value>`` string.
+
+    ``<value>`` does not need special quoting for UCI.
+    The only requirement is that the value is passed to the type as a single
+    shell argument.
 match
     Allows to find a section to "replace" through one of its parameters.
 
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ option
     This parameter can be used multiple times to specify multiple options.
 
     The value to this parameter is a ``<option>=<value>`` string.
+
+    ``<value>`` does not need special quoting for UCI.
+    The only requirement is that the value is passed to the type as a single
+    shell argument.
 state
     ``present`` or ``absent``, defaults to ``present``.
 transaction