From: Gert Doering <gert@...1296...>
Date: Mon,  6 Jan 2014 13:50:40 +0100
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Subject: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Document "lz4" argument to "compress"
	config option.
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Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@...1296...>
---
 doc/openvpn.8 | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index f06d536..3df7a6f 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -2417,9 +2417,11 @@ Enable a compression algorithm.
 
 The
 .B algorithm
-parameter may be "snappy", "lzo", or empty.  Snappy and LZO
+parameter may be "snappy", "lzo", "lz4", or empty.  Snappy, LZO and LZ4
 are different compression algorithms, with Snappy generally
-offering the best performance.
+offering the best performance while LZ4 is faster with less CPU usage.
+For backwards compatibility with OpenVPN versions before 2.4, use "lzo"
+(which is identical to the older option "\-\-comp-lzo yes").
 
 If the
 .B algorithm
-- 
1.8.2