unlisted members forgotton

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diff --git a/docs/peers.md b/docs/peers.md
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@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ stateDiagram-v2
   and are greeted again, and the time counts as not connected for the node's stability.
 - **Strangers** (peers that never became members: listed to us but never answering, or
   failing the handshake) are forgotten locally once silent for a day, so peers named
-  to a node can't grow its list without bound.
+  to a node can't grow its list without bound. So are members no longer in the member
+  list (their entry gone without a forget record reaching the node); a listed member is
+  kept however long it is silent, as its probe is what finds it when it comes back.
 
 ## Member registry and neighbours