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man page: FetchUselessDescriptors stops tor going idle

Also explain how FetchUselessDescriptors and UseMicrodescriptors are
different.

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@@ -543,10 +543,13 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
     If set to 1, Tor will fetch every consensus flavor, descriptor, and
     If set to 1, Tor will fetch every consensus flavor, descriptor, and
     certificate that it hears about. Otherwise, it will avoid fetching useless
     certificate that it hears about. Otherwise, it will avoid fetching useless
     descriptors: flavors that it is not using to build circuits, and authority
     descriptors: flavors that it is not using to build circuits, and authority
-    certificates it does not trust. This option is useful if you're using a
+    certificates it does not trust. Tor stops fetching descriptors if it
+    hasn't built any circuits lately: this option makes Tor keep fetching
+    descriptors, even when idle. This option is useful if you're using a
     tor client with an external parser that uses a full consensus.
     tor client with an external parser that uses a full consensus.
     This option fetches all documents, **DirCache** fetches and serves
     This option fetches all documents, **DirCache** fetches and serves
-    all documents. (Default: 0)
+    all documents, **UseMicrodescriptors 0** fetches full descriptors and uses
+    them to build circuits. (Default: 0)
 
 
 [[HTTPProxy]] **HTTPProxy** __host__[:__port__]::
 [[HTTPProxy]] **HTTPProxy** __host__[:__port__]::
     Tor will make all its directory requests through this host:port (or host:80
     Tor will make all its directory requests through this host:port (or host:80