Document the bare-JID-for-IRC-users feature

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/biboumi.1 b/doc/biboumi.1
index 5f88a16..013ab77 100644
--- a/doc/biboumi.1
+++ b/doc/biboumi.1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ IRC channels and IRC users JIDs have a localpart formed like this: \fBname\fR, t
 For an IRC channel, the name starts with \fB\'&\'\fR, \fB\'#\'\fR, \fB\'+\'\fR or \fB\'!\'\fR\. Some other gateway implementations, as well as some IRC clients, do not require them to be started by one of these characters, adding an implicit \fB\'#\'\fR in that case\. Biboumi does not do that because this gets confusing when trying to understand the difference between \fIfoo\fR, \fI#foo\fR, and \fI##foo\fR\.
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-If the name starts with any other character, this represents an IRC user\.
+If the name starts with any other character, this represents an IRC user\. If compiled with Libidn, an IRC user has a bare JID representing the “hostname” provided by the IRC server\.
 .
 .SS "Join an IRC channel"
 To join an IRC channel \fB#foo\fR on the IRC server \fBirc\.example\.com\fR, join the XMPP MUC \fB#foo%irc\.example\.com@hostname\fR\.
diff --git a/doc/biboumi.md b/doc/biboumi.md
index a251801..355445e 100644
--- a/doc/biboumi.md
+++ b/doc/biboumi.md
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ this gets confusing when trying to understand the difference between
 *foo*, *#foo*, and *##foo*.
 
 If the name starts with any other character, this represents an IRC user.
+If compiled with Libidn, an IRC user has a bare JID representing the
+“hostname” provided by the IRC server.
 
 ### Join an IRC channel