From 17e6ff51bcac20a8bcc139f15659d1cfd7feb088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:05:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update a docstring

---
 synapse/server.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/server.py b/synapse/server.py
index cbd29c8eaad1..b129db57db85 100644
--- a/synapse/server.py
+++ b/synapse/server.py
@@ -287,7 +287,11 @@ def setup(self) -> None:
             self.setup_background_tasks()
 
     def start_listening(self) -> None:
-        """Start the HTTP, manhole, metrics, etc listeners"""
+        """Start the HTTP, manhole, metrics, etc listeners
+
+        Does nothing in this base class; overridden in derived classes to start the
+        appropriate listeners.
+        """
         pass
 
     def setup_background_tasks(self) -> None: