# HG changeset patch
# User Alain Mazy <alain@mazy.be>
# Date 1578382635 -3600
# Node ID b4b9ceebe64d0d6bb40ce332dda12dfb4b882448
# Parent  33fb45a86cd8ecd14d8f4b963d20526cd21654ce# Parent  bd1f308a5fd24f7741bceaaf9241cc2bc70800a9
merge

diff -r bd1f308a5fd2 -r b4b9ceebe64d Sphinx/source/users/rest.rst
--- a/Sphinx/source/users/rest.rst	Fri Dec 20 15:36:50 2019 +0100
+++ b/Sphinx/source/users/rest.rst	Tue Jan 07 08:37:15 2020 +0100
@@ -448,6 +448,18 @@
 :ref:`Orthanc identifiers <orthanc-ids>` of entire patients,
 studies or series as well.
 
+Testing connectivity with a remote peer
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. highlight:: bash
+
+In version 1.5.9+, we have introduced a route to retrieve the ``/system`` info from
+a remote peer.  This route can also be used to test the connectivity with that peer
+without actually sending a DICOM resource.::
+
+    $ curl http://localhost:8042/peers/sample/system
+
+
 Using HTTPS
 ^^^^^^^^^^^