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add warning re: changing value of `dm.basesize`.

Signed-off-by: Marc Tamsky <mtamsky@gmail.com> (github: tamsky)

Marc Tamsky authored on 2014/08/06 11:28:07
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@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ Here is the list of supported options:
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     10G. Note, thin devices are inherently "sparse", so a 10G device
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     which is mostly empty doesn't use 10 GB of space on the
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     pool. However, the filesystem will use more space for the empty
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-    case the larger the device is.
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+    case the larger the device is. **Warning**: This value affects the
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+    system-wide "base" empty filesystem that may already be
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+    initialized and inherited by pulled images.  Typically, a change
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+    to this value will require additional steps to take effect: 1)
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+    stop `docker -d`, 2) `rm -rf /var/lib/docker`, 3) start `docker -d`.
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     Example use:
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