From b9c5013eef23777f0efc9d03cdeac3c19d2b35fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Maas <60855169+malcolmmaas@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:38:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use_restart behavior incorrect in docs

---
 docs/source/modules/introduction.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/modules/introduction.rst b/docs/source/modules/introduction.rst
index 0455e671b..d89bf0887 100644
--- a/docs/source/modules/introduction.rst
+++ b/docs/source/modules/introduction.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Running the experiment
     exp.run(...)
 will make the model run for the amount of time specified in ``main_nml`` (usually 30 days). 
 
-The ``use_restart`` option can be set to ``False`` to start from scratch (isothermal atmosphere) or can point to a restart file (``use_restart = $GFDL_DATA/exp_name/run####/restarts/*``) to initialize the run from the output of a previous run. If unspecified, it will start from where the previous run left off or from an isothermal atmosphere in the absence of a previous run.
+The ``use_restart`` option can be set to ``False`` to start from scratch (isothermal atmosphere) or ``True``, in which case ``restart_file`` must point to a restart file (``restart_file = $GFDL_DATA/exp_name/run####/restarts/*``) to initialize the run from the output of a previous run. If unspecified, it will start from where the previous run left off or from an isothermal atmosphere in the absence of a previous run.
 
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