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@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ follow requests will be shown in the people page to be
 approved or discarded.
 .It Publish follower and following metrics
 If this toggle is set, the number of followers and following
-accounts are made public.
+accounts are made public (this is only the number; the specific
+lists of accounts are never published).
 .It Password
 Write the same string in these two fields to change your
 password. Don't write anything if you don't want to do this.