``-c``, ``--connect`` *URI*
Connect to the specified *URI*, as if by the ``connect`` command,
-instead of the default connection.
+instead of the default connection. See `NOTES`_.
``-d``, ``--debug`` *LEVEL*
NOTES
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-Running ``virt-admin`` requires root privileges due to the
+The ``virt-admin`` supports both the monolithic ``libvirtd`` daemon and the
+`modular daemons <https://www.libvirt.org/daemons.html#modular-driver-daemons>`__
+whichever is in use by your system. The connection *URI* used with
+``-c/--connect`` or the `connect`_ command is based on the name of the
+controlled daemon e.g.: ``virtqemud:///system``, ``libvirtd:///system``.
+
+Running ``virt-admin`` requires root privileges when communicating with the
+system instance of a daemon (*URI* ending in ``/system``) due to the
communications channels used to talk to the daemon.
GENERIC COMMANDS
active connection is executed. Note that this only applies if there is no
connection at all or there is an inactive one.
+See `NOTES`_ on picking the correct *URI* corresponding to a libvirt daemon.
+
To find the currently used URI, check the *uri* command documented below.