docs: clarify placeholder intro (#2488)

itzg · Nov 13, 2023 · 4c0bd61 · 4c0bd61
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diff --git a/docs/configuration/server-properties.md b/docs/configuration/server-properties.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ If you prefer to manually manage the `server.properties` file, set `OVERRIDE_SER
 
 ## Placeholders
 
-Any of the server properties mapped from the environment variables [below](#properties), may contain placeholders that are replaced when the `server.properties` file is updated. The syntax of placeholders is DOS-style, `%VAR%` to avoid being processed by Docker or the shell.
+When declaring a server properties via container environment variables, those values may contain placeholders that are processed when the `server.properties` file is updated. 
 
-The following options are available for placeholders:
+The syntax of placeholders is DOS-style, `%VAR%`, to avoid being processed by Docker or the shell and the following options are available:
 
 `%VAR%`
 
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Any declared or resolved environment variable may be referenced, such as `VERSIO
         LEVEL: world-%date:yyyy-MM-dd%
     ```
 
+!!! warning
+
+    Placeholders are not supported when manually managing `server.properties`
+
 ## Properties
 
 ### Message of the Day

diff --git a/examples/k8s/using-statefulset.yml b/examples/k8s/using-statefulset.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: mc
           image: itzg/minecraft-server
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: EULA
               value: "TRUE"