Clarify the comments for media_storage_providers options (#7272)

changelog.d/7272.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Documentation of media_storage_providers options updated to avoid misunderstandings. Contributed by Tristan Lins.

docs/sample_config.yaml

@@ -735,12 +735,11 @@ media_store_path: "DATADIR/media_store"
 #
 #media_storage_providers:
 #  - module: file_system
-#    # Whether to write new local files.
+#    # Whether to store newly uploaded local files
 #    store_local: false
-#    # Whether to write new remote media
+#    # Whether to store newly downloaded remote files
 #    store_remote: false
-#    # Whether to block upload requests waiting for write to this
-#    # provider to complete
+#    # Whether to wait for successful storage for local uploads
 #    store_synchronous: false
 #    config:
 #       directory: /mnt/some/other/directory

synapse/config/repository.py

@@ -224,12 +224,11 @@ def generate_config_section(self, data_dir_path, **kwargs):
         #
         #media_storage_providers:
         #  - module: file_system
-        #    # Whether to write new local files.
+        #    # Whether to store newly uploaded local files
         #    store_local: false
-        #    # Whether to write new remote media
+        #    # Whether to store newly downloaded remote files
         #    store_remote: false
-        #    # Whether to block upload requests waiting for write to this
-        #    # provider to complete
+        #    # Whether to wait for successful storage for local uploads
         #    store_synchronous: false
         #    config:
         #       directory: /mnt/some/other/directory