--- a/Allura/allura/command/taskd_cleanup.py
+++ b/Allura/allura/command/taskd_cleanup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
parser = base.Command.standard_parser(verbose=True)
parser.add_option('-k', '--kill-stuck-taskd',
dest='kill', action='store_true',
- help='automatically kill stuck taskd processes')
+ help='automatically kill stuck taskd processes. Be careful with this, a taskd process '
+ 'may just be very busy on certain operations and not able to respond to our status request')
parser.add_option('-n', '--num-retry-status-check',
dest='num_retry', type='int', default=5,
help='number of retries to read taskd status log after sending USR1 signal (5 by default)')
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@
if self.options.kill:
base.log.info('...stuck taskd processes were killed')
else:
- base.log.info('...to kill these processes run command with -k flag')
+ base.log.info('...to kill these processes run command with -k flag if you are sure they are really stuck')
if self.error_tasks:
base.log.info('Tasks marked as \'error\': %s' % self.error_tasks)