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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ These options can be configured by setting environment variables using `-e KEY="
 | `WG_HOST` | - | `vpn.myserver.com` | The public hostname of your VPN server. |
 | `WG_PORT` | `51820` | `12345` | The public UDP port of your VPN server. WireGuard will always listen on `51820` inside the Docker container. |
 | `WG_MTU` | `null` | `1420` | The MTU the clients will use. Server uses default WG MTU. |
-| `WG_PERSISTENT_KEEPALIVE` | `0` | `25` | Value in seconds to keep the "connection" open. |
+| `WG_PERSISTENT_KEEPALIVE` | `0` | `25` | Value in seconds to keep the "connection" open. If this value is 0, then connections won't be kept alive. |
 | `WG_DEFAULT_ADDRESS` | `10.8.0.x` | `10.6.0.x` | Clients IP address range. |
 | `WG_DEFAULT_DNS` | `1.1.1.1` | `8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4` | DNS server clients will use. |
 | `WG_ALLOWED_IPS` | `0.0.0.0/0, ::/0` | `192.168.15.0/24, 10.0.1.0/24` | Allowed IPs clients will use. |