notify_exclude: document channel masks (all channels except one)

Configuration.md

@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ An audit channel for the incident feed. Notable actions are announced there; pri
     [log]
     channel = "#services"
 
-`notify_exclude` is an optional list of masks whose users [OperServ NOTIFY](Services#operserv-network-operator-tools) never matches, so they cannot flood the feed. The classic case is PyLink relay clients — their nicks carry a `/network` suffix — so `"*/*"` silences every relayed user in one line. It accepts nick globs, `user@host`, or extbans (the same syntax as a NOTIFY mask), and is reloadable with `OperServ REHASH` (no restart).
+`notify_exclude` is an optional list of masks [OperServ NOTIFY](Services#operserv-network-operator-tools) never announces, so they cannot flood the feed. It uses the same grammar as a watch mask: a `#channel` mask mutes that channel, and any other mask (nick glob, `user@host`, extban) mutes a user. The classic user case is PyLink relay clients — their nicks carry a `/network` suffix — so `"*/*"` silences every relayed user; a channel entry like `"#staff"` keeps a broad `#*` watch out of that channel. Reloadable with `OperServ REHASH` (no restart).
 
     [log]
     channel = "#services"
-    notify_exclude = ["*/*"]        # ignore PyLink relay clients (nick/network)
+    notify_exclude = ["*/*", "#staff"]      # relay clients, and never #staff
 
 ## [expire]
 

Services.md

@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ A deliberately broad mask like `#*` (every channel) or `*` (every user) is allow
     /msg OperServ REHASH
     -OperServ- Configuration reloaded from /etc/echo/config.toml.
 
-Excluded users are skipped by *every* watch, so genuine locals still surface while the relay noise is gone. The list also accepts `user@host` and extbans, e.g. `["*/fun", "*!*@relay.example"]`. See [Configuration → [log]](Configuration#log).
+Excluded masks are skipped by *every* watch, so genuine locals still surface while the relay noise is gone. The list uses the same grammar as a watch mask, so it excludes **users** (nick globs, `user@host`, extbans) **or channels**: a `#channel` mask mutes that channel. So "every join except #staff" is `#*` watched with `#staff` excluded:
+
+    notify_exclude = ["*/*", "#staff"]      # relay clients, and never #staff
+
+See [Configuration → [log]](Configuration#log).
 
 ## StatServ, statistics