From 66e195b0f3d4002742ec44beabf81b312f1d41d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Sergey G. Brester" <serg.brester@sebres.de>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 14:15:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] jail.conf: comment only (time abbr format), no function
 changes

closes gh-3522
---
 config/jail.conf | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index b2fb7ec0..ebd3f02c 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ before = paths-debian.conf
 # ignorecommand = /path/to/command <ip>
 ignorecommand =
 
-# "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned.
+# "bantime" is the amount of time that a host is banned, integer in seconds or
+# time abbreviation format (m - minutes, h - hours, d - days, w - weeks, mo - months, y - years).
+# This is to consider as an initial time if bantime.increment gets enabled.
 bantime  = 10m
 
 # A host is banned if it has generated "maxretry" during the last "findtime"