-.\" $OpenBSD: pf.conf.5,v 1.587 2021/07/19 16:23:56 kn Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pf.conf.5,v 1.588 2021/11/01 07:51:51 landry Exp $
.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2003 - 2013 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 19 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 1 2021 $
.Dt PF.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
option is similar to
.Cm route-to ,
but routes packets that pass in the opposite direction (replies) to the
-specified interface.
+specified address.
Opposite direction is only defined in the context of a state entry, and
.Cm reply-to
is useful only in rules that create state.
-It can be used on systems with multiple external connections to
-route all outgoing packets of a connection through the interface
-the incoming connection arrived through (symmetric routing enforcement).
+It can be used on systems with multiple paths to the internet to ensure
+that replies to an incoming network connection to a particular address
+are sent using the path associated with that address (symmetric routing
+enforcement).
.It Cm route-to
The
.Cm route-to