From 75ae76e9cf5d5d0c145161ee9a59c587403eacf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ActivistChecklist Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:45:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] man: link prints a QR code itself, don't point at qrencode first --- man/signal-cli.1.adoc | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/signal-cli.1.adoc b/man/signal-cli.1.adoc index 26fac479..9e4d922e 100644 --- a/man/signal-cli.1.adoc +++ b/man/signal-cli.1.adoc @@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ Remove the registration lock pin. Link to an existing device, instead of registering a new number. This shows a "sgnl://linkdevice?uuid=..." URI. If you want to connect to another signal-cli instance, you can just use this URI. -If you want to link to an Android/iOS device, create a QR code with the URI (e.g. with qrencode) and scan that in the Signal app. +If you want to link to an Android/iOS device, scan the QR code that signal-cli prints in the terminal with the Signal app. +If signal-cli is not running in a terminal, only the URI is printed and you can create a QR code from it yourself (e.g. with qrencode). *-n* NAME, *--name* NAME:: Optionally specify a name to describe this new device.