From 411213d35db1e805809a0d098ab3fb4730de6126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jmc Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 06:01:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] rewrite the text describing the "address" parameter into something easier to read; --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 990bb43d667..e2388145cde 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.372 2021/04/12 03:17:57 kn Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.373 2021/04/17 06:01:49 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.11 1996/01/04 21:27:29 pk Exp $ .\" $FreeBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.16 1998/02/01 07:03:29 steve Exp $ .\" @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)ifconfig.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 12 2021 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 17 2021 $ .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -116,14 +116,12 @@ supported are and .Dq inet6 . .It Ar address -Internet version 4 and 6 addresses -take the form of -a host name present in the host name database, -.Xr hosts 5 ; -.Dq dot -notation (IPv4); -colon-separated (IPv6); -or CIDR notation. +An Internet version 4 or 6 address. +Valid formats are dot notation (IPv4), +colon-separated (IPv6), +CIDR notation, +or a host name present in the host name database, +.Xr hosts 5 . .It Ar dest_address Specify the address of the correspondent on the other end of a point-to-point link. -- 2.20.1