suspect paths

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diff --git a/docs/peers.md b/docs/peers.md
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@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ go over it (a busy pair sends no keepalives). The
 configured order decides until both are measured; then the node changes to another
 path when it is a quarter faster (and at least 5 ms), so it doesn't flap. A send that
 fails goes to the next path at once, and a path whose sends fail, or whose PINGs go
-unanswered three times in a row, is down: used only when no other works. A node on
+unanswered three times in a row, is down: used only when no other works. A path that
+takes messages and drops them shows sooner: when what went to the peer goes unanswered
+(the PING that asks again, below, or an overdue sync answer), its other paths come
+first until that one answers a PING again, and all of them are pinged at once. A node on
 several transports bridges nodes that share none ([`transports.md`](transports.md), Several transports):
 the topology links it on each of its transports (below).