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diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo
index d8b956e..1152995 100644
--- a/dss.ggo
+++ b/dss.ggo
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ flag off
 dependon="logfile"
 details="
 	Note that dss refuses to start in daemon mode if no logfile
-	was specified. This option is mostly useful in conjuction
+	was specified. This option is mostly useful in conjunction
 	with the -R option described below.
 
 	Note that it is not possible to change whether dss runs as
@@ -244,6 +244,26 @@ details="
 		--rsync-option --exclude --rsync-option /proc
 "
 
+option "max-rsync-errors" -
+"Terminate after this many rsync failures"
+int typestr="count"
+default="10"
+optional
+details="
+	Only relevant when operating in --run mode (see above). If
+	the rsync process exits with a fatal error, dss restarts
+	the command in the hope that the problem is transient
+	and subsequent rsync runs succeed. After the given number
+	of consecutive rsync error exits, however, dss gives up,
+	executes the exit hook and terminates. Set this to zero if
+	dss should exit immediately on the first rsync error.
+
+	The only non-fatal error is when rsync exits with code 24. This
+	indicates a partial transfer due to vanished source files
+	and happens frequently when snapshotting a directory which
+	is concurrently being modified.
+"
+
 ###################
 section "Intervals"
 ###################