* tramp.texi (Customizing Completion): Mention authinfo-style files.

(Password handling): `auth-source-debug' is good for debug messages.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index c626a8c70b8..a713c79200e 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-06-12  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+        * tramp.texi (Customizing Completion): Mention authinfo-style
+        files.
+        (Password handling): `auth-source-debug' is good for debug messages.
+
 2011-05-31  Teodor Zlatanov  <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 
         * gnus.texi (Store custom flags and keywords): Refer to
diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 2663d2df0f5..50f1e90618f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -1539,7 +1539,8 @@ can return user names only.
 @item @code{tramp-parse-netrc}
 @findex tramp-parse-netrc
 
-Finally, a function which parses @file{~/.netrc} like files.
+Finally, a function which parses @file{~/.netrc} like files.  This
+includes also @file{~/.authinfo}-style files.
 @end table
 
 If you want to keep your own data in a file, with your own structure,
@@ -1598,6 +1599,10 @@ The port can be any @value{tramp} method (@pxref{Inline methods},
 @pxref{External methods}), to match only this method.  When you omit
 the port, you match all @value{tramp} methods.
 
+In case of problems, setting @code{auth-source-debug} to @code{t}
+gives useful debug messages.
+
+
 @anchor{Caching passwords}
 @subsection Caching passwords