Merge branch 'release-v0.8.1' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse v0.8.1

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c2af7c9332..874753762d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. contents::
+
 Introduction
 ============
 
@@ -126,6 +128,17 @@ To set up your homeserver, run (in your virtualenv, as before)::
 
 Substituting your host and domain name as appropriate.
 
+By default, registration of new users is disabled. You can either enable
+registration in the config (it is then recommended to also set up CAPTCHA), or
+you can use the command line to register new users::
+
+    $ source ~/.synapse/bin/activate
+    $ register_new_matrix_user -c homeserver.yaml https://localhost:8448
+    New user localpart: erikj
+    Password:
+    Confirm password:
+    Success!
+
 For reliable VoIP calls to be routed via this homeserver, you MUST configure
 a TURN server.  See docs/turn-howto.rst for details.
 
@@ -250,7 +263,8 @@ fix try re-installing from PyPI or directly from
 ArchLinux
 ---------
 
-If running `$ synctl start` fails wit 'returned non-zero exit status 1', you will need to explicitly call Python2.7 - either running as::
+If running `$ synctl start` fails with 'returned non-zero exit status 1',
+you will need to explicitly call Python2.7 - either running as::
 
     $ python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --daemonize -c homeserver.yaml --pid-file homeserver.pid