docs: Update man page about node connections

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@ -101,18 +101,21 @@ You can also display the latest logs at any time using:
$ rad node logs
Once your node is running, you'll have to ask it to connect to a public node.
This is because network bootstrapping is not yet ready. Hence, we run the
*connect* sub-command to establish a connection with a remote node. For example,
to connect to the *radicle.garden* community node, you can run:
After your node starts, it will attempt to connect to peers on the network.
To connect to a specific peer, the *connect* sub-command can be used:
For example, to connect to the *radicle.garden* community node, you can run:
$ rad node connect z6MkrLMMsiPWUcNPHcRajuMi9mDfYckSoJyPwwnknocNYPm7@seed.radicle.garden:8776
The argument given to *connect* is called a node _address_. It is composed of
a Node ID (NID), followed by an *@* symbol, and the _host_ name and _port_.
You can display your NID with *rad self --nid*.
To make these connections permanent, such that they are always tried on
startup, add the addresses to your configuration file at
*~/.radicle/config.json*, under the *"connect"* field.
Now that you're connected to the network, we can try to clone a repository
hosted on Radicle.