Say explicitly that doas needs doas.conf to exist, and point to the example one.
Jan Index: doas.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/doas/doas.1,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -p -r1.25 doas.1 --- doas.1 16 Jan 2021 09:18:41 -0000 1.25 +++ doas.1 19 Feb 2021 19:20:58 -0000 @@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ is specified. The user will be required to authenticate by entering their password, unless configured otherwise. .Pp +.Nm +will not execute the +.Ar command +if the file +.Pa /etc/doas.conf +does not exist. +An example is provided in +.Pa /etc/examples/ . +.Pp By default, a new environment is created. The variables .Ev HOME , @@ -110,6 +119,11 @@ or Execute the command as .Ar user . The default is root. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -compact +.It Pa /etc/doas.conf +.It Pa /etc/examples/doas.conf .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std doas