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 Reads source metadata file(s) and outputs them signed to filesystem
 
 ## ```mdserver.py [mdfile] [mdfile] [mdfile] ...```
-Reads source metadata files(s). Serves and caches them signed from memory, on request
+Starts a metadata signer server.
+Reads source metadata files(s) on SIGHUP signal.
+Serves and caches them signed from memory, on request
 
 ## ```mdproxy.py```
 Caches signed and cached ```mdserver.py``` metadata requests