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diff --git a/manpages/taler-exchange-offline.1.rst b/manpages/taler-exchange-offline.1.rst
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+++ b/manpages/taler-exchange-offline.1.rst
@@ -30,12 +30,15 @@ the exchange’s long-term offline signing key and should be run in a secure
subcommands as arguments which are then processed sequentially.
The tool includes two subcommands to interact *online* with the exchange's
-REST APIs. The ``download`` subcommand downloads the future public keys from the
-running exchange. The resulting data serves as input to the ``sign`` and ``show``
-subcommands. The ``upload`` subcommand uploads the signatures created with the
-private master key to the exchange. It handles the output of all subcommands
-(except ``download``). The ``download`` and ``upload`` subcommands must naturally be
-run "online" and do not require access to the offline key.
+REST APIs. To determine how to talk to the exchange, these two subcommands
+rely on the ``BASE_URL`` configuration option from the ``[exchange]`` section
+of the configuration file. The ``download`` subcommand downloads the future
+public keys from the running exchange. The resulting data serves as input to
+the ``sign`` and ``show`` subcommands. The ``upload`` subcommand uploads the
+signatures created with the private master key to the exchange. It handles
+the output of all subcommands (except ``download``). The ``download`` and
+``upload`` subcommands must naturally be run "online" and do not require
+access to the offline key.
All other subcommands are intended to be run "offline". However, especially
when testing, it is of course possible to run the subcommands online as well.