doc/OPTIONS: Refer to FAQ for meaning of status line numbers

Fixes #5507
openwall · Jul 4, 2024 · 9926f3b · 9926f3b
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@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ Unix-like system, you can get a detached running session to update its
 session file by sending a SIGHUP to the appropriate "john" process;
 then use this option to read in and display the status.
 
+The status line printed by this option contains a subset of fields that
+are seen on the more complete status line printed on a keypress in an
+interactive session.  Please refer to the FAQ entry "What do the various
+numbers printed on the status line mean?"
+
 --catch-up=NAME			catch up with paused session
 
 Limit the session to running only until it reaches the candidates tried