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diff --git a/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 b/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 index 215eddfe120..103e89b0d9c 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: hostname.if.5,v 1.71 2020/12/22 00:11:03 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: hostname.if.5,v 1.72 2020/12/22 17:18:09 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: hosts.5,v 1.4 1994/11/30 19:31:20 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ would run ifconfig to set the nwid and wpakey of the interface, run it again to .Xr dhclient 8 . .Sh STATIC ADDRESS CONFIGURATION The following packed formats are valid for configuring network -interfaces with static addresses: +interfaces with static addresses. .Pp Regular IPv4 network setup: .Bd -ragged -offset indent @@ -226,34 +226,33 @@ up .Ed .El .Sh DYNAMIC ADDRESS CONFIGURATION -The following packed formats are provided for configuring network -interfaces using IPv4 DHCP or IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration. -.Bd -ragged -offset indent -.Li dhcp -.Op Va options -.Pp -.Li inet6 autoconf -.Op Va options -.Ed +The following packed formats are valid for configuring network interfaces +with dynamic addresses. .Pp -For IPv4 DHCP the literal string +For IPv4 dynamic addressing using DHCP, the literal string .Dq dhcp followed by any options to be passed to .Xr ifconfig 8 . Note that .Xr ifconfig 8 -will be executed before +is executed before .Xr dhclient 8 . +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Li dhcp +.Op Va options +.Ed .Pp -For IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration the literal strings -.Dq inet6 -and -.Dq autoconf +For IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration the literal string +.Dq inet6 autoconf followed by any options to be passed to .Xr ifconfig 8 . Note that .Xr slaacd 8 must also be enabled. +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Li inet6 autoconf +.Op Va options +.Ed .Sh BRIDGE INTERFACE CONFIGURATION If the network interface is a bridge, the options described in the bridge section of the |