--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Auto_Updates.tex	2009/09/29 12:54:54	1.3
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Auto_Updates.tex	2011/05/23 20:25:13	1.4
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ etc.). If a user is affiliated with more
 which can be updated will be the cumulative set for the different
 groups to which the user belongs.
 
-If users are not affilliated with any institutional group, they can
+If users are not affiliated with any institutional group, they can
 be accommodated within the default \char`\"{}Other users\char`\"{}
 group which is provided automatically. If no status types are defined
 for your domain, this default group is entitled \char`\"{}All users\char`\"{}. 
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ Settings for auto-update are:
 \item Set auto-update as active or inactive in the domain.
 \item Set whether user information changes should propagate to data stored
 in classlist database files for the separate courses in which the
-user has an active student role. 
+user has an active student role.
+\item Set whether users with a particular status (e.g., Faculty, Staff, 
+Student etc.) should have access to a user preference which permits them
+to lock their existing user information, and disable automatic updates
+of their own information, should it change in the institutional directory.
+Note: this option is only shown if institutional groups have been defined. 
 \item Set which of the following attributes: first name, middle name, last
 name, generation, e-mail address, student/employee ID should be updated
 within LON-CAPA if a different version to the one currently stored