-.\" $OpenBSD: ping6.8,v 1.55 2015/10/16 22:47:12 florian Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ping6.8,v 1.56 2015/10/17 12:38:29 florian Exp $
.\" $KAME: ping6.8,v 1.57 2002/05/26 13:18:25 itojun Exp $
.\"
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 16 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 17 2015 $
.Dt PING6 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nd send ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ping6
-.Op Fl dEefHmNnqv
+.Op Fl dEefHmnqv
.Op Fl c Ar count
.Op Fl g Ar gateway
.Op Fl h Ar hoplimit
.Nm
works just like
.Xr ping 8
-would work; the following will send ICMPv6 echo request to dst.foo.com:
+would work; the following will send ICMPv6 echo requests to dst.foo.com:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ ping6 -n dst.foo.com
.Ed
.Pp
-The following will probe hostnames for all nodes on the network link
-attached to the wi0 interface.
-The address
-.Dq ff02::1
-is named the link-local all-node multicast address, and the packet would
-reach every node on the network link:
+The following will send ICMPv6 echo requests to the link-local all-node
+multicast address.
+The packet reaches all nodes on the network link attached to the wi0
+interface.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-$ ping6 -w ff02::1%wi0
+$ ping6 ff02::1%wi0
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netstat 1 ,