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-rw-r--r--iptables.82
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/iptables.8 b/iptables.8
index 65f67bc..3113b94 100644
--- a/iptables.8
+++ b/iptables.8
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ will only match packets with the SYN flag set, and the ACK, FIN and
RST flags unset.
.TP
.B "[!] --syn"
-Only match TCP packets with the SYN bit set and the ACK and FIN bits
+Only match TCP packets with the SYN bit set and the ACK and RST bits
cleared. Such packets are used to request TCP connection initiation;
for example, blocking such packets coming in an interface will prevent
incoming TCP connections, but outgoing TCP connections will be