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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1,v
retrieving revision 1.706
retrieving revision 1.707
diff -u -r1.706 -r1.707
--- src/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1	2020/01/27 08:53:13	1.706
+++ src/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1	2020/01/27 09:04:47	1.707
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: tmux.1,v 1.706 2020/01/27 08:53:13 nicm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: tmux.1,v 1.707 2020/01/27 09:04:47 nicm Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>
 .\"
@@ -1287,6 +1287,17 @@
 Start the
 .Nm
 server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.
+.Pp
+Note that as by default the
+.Nm
+server will exit with no sessions, this is only useful if a session is created in
+.Pa ~/.tmux.conf ,
+.Ic exit-empty
+is turned off, or another command is run as part of the same command sequence.
+For example:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ tmux start \\; show -g
+.Ed
 .It Xo Ic suspend-client
 .Op Fl t Ar target-client
 .Xc