From f30a65f440ab3e9f14147f7d9fd18f5f2ea48dc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stumpylog <797416+stumpylog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 12:59:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Correct ImageMagick PDF policy note in setup docs

The note claimed that steps still relying on ImageMagick, such as TIFF to
PDF conversion, could fail without the PDF policy change. The remaining
convert calls only strip alpha from raster images, and the TIFF to PDF
step uses img2pdf, so the PDF coder policy no longer matters.

The passage now says Paperless-ngx no longer passes PDF documents to
ImageMagick, so enabling PDF processing is not required, while keeping the
policy hardening guidance in place.
---
 docs/setup.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/setup.md b/docs/setup.md
index 313ebf3d6..206e3107a 100644
--- a/docs/setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup.md
@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ to a positive number to enable polling and disable native filesystem notificatio
 
 12. Configure ImageMagick to allow processing of PDF documents and disable
     formats that Paperless-ngx does not use. Most distributions disable PDF
-    processing by default, since PDF documents can contain malware. If you
-    don't enable it, steps that still rely on ImageMagick, such as TIFF to
-    PDF conversion, may fail. PDF thumbnails no longer use ImageMagick.
+    processing by default, since PDF documents can contain malware.
+    Paperless-ngx no longer passes PDF documents to ImageMagick, so enabling
+    PDF processing is not required.
 
     Configure the active ImageMagick policy file (commonly
     `/etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml` or `/etc/ImageMagick-7/policy.xml`) and