Merge pull request #1327 from Osmose/git-commit-diff

[micro.git] / runtime / help / options.md

diff --git a/runtime/help/options.md b/runtime/help/options.md
index 6afe008188d0a85de5da012f2d4d5ff37141bdc2..66d3bbfa866c109005600ebd8d3de86ceca0b118 100644 (file)
--- a/runtime/help/options.md
+++ b/runtime/help/options.md
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ Here are the options that you can set:
 
        default value: `true`
 
-* `autosave`: micro will save the buffer every `n` seconds automatically
-   (where `n` is the value of the option). Micro also will automatically
-   save and quit when you exit without asking. Be careful when using this
-   feature, because you might accidentally save a file, overwriting what
-   was there before. If the value of the option is `0` then micro will
-   not autosave.
+* `backup`: micro will automatically keep backups of all open buffers. Backups
+   are stored in `~/.config/micro/backups` and are removed when the buffer is
+   closed cleanly. In the case of a system crash or a micro crash, the contents
+   of the buffer can be recovered automatically by opening the file that
+   was being edited before the crash, or manually by searching for the backup
+   in the backup directory. Backups are made in the background when a buffer is
+   modified and the latest backup is more than 8 seconds old, or when micro
+   detects a crash. It is highly recommended that you leave this feature enabled.
 
-       default value: `0`
+    default value: `true`
 
 * `basename`: in the infobar, show only the basename of the file being edited
    rather than the full path.