-On success, the `create` command sets the current tracing session (see
-man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more) to the created tracing session.
+* A session daemon for your Unix user if none is currently running.
++
+Override the path of the session daemon binary to spawn with the
+general genoption:--sessiond-path option.
++
+Avoid automatically spawning a session daemon with the general
+genoption:--no-sessiond option.
+
+* A relay daemon (see man:lttng-relayd(8)) if all the following
+ statements are true:
++
+--
+* You specify the option:--live option.
+
+* You don't specify any of the option:--set-url, option:--ctrl-url, or
+ option:--data-url options.
+
+* No relay daemon is currently listening for TCP connections on
+ +127.0.0.1:{default_network_viewer_port}+ (default LTTng live reader
+ connection address and port).
+--
++
+In this case, the `create` command spawns a relay daemon as such:
++
+[verse]
+*lttng-relayd* nloption:--live-port=**tcp://localhost:{default_network_viewer_port}**
+{nbsp}
++
+Override the path of the relay daemon binary to spawn with the general
+genoption:--relayd-path option.
+
+On success, the `create` command sets the current recording session (see
+man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more) to the created recording session.