More README about quotas.

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@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ the work and pool1 will get 90%. Quotas can be changed on the fly by the API,
				@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ the work and pool1 will get 90%. Quotas can be changed on the fly by the API,
 and do not act retrospectively. Setting a quota to zero will effectively
 disable that pool unless all other pools are disabled or dead. In that
 scenario, load-balance falls back to regular failover priority-based strategy.
+While a pool is dead, it loses its quota and no attempt is made to catch up
+when it comes back to life.
+
 To specify quotas on the command line, pools should be specified with a
 semicolon separated --quota(or -U) entry instead of --url. Pools specified with
 --url are given a nominal quota value of 1 and entries can be mixed.