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-rw-r--r--iptables/iptables-restore.8.in14
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diff --git a/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in b/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
index df61b2a6..abf8d6de 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ Print a short option summary.
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-noflush\fR
Don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified,
both commands flush (delete) all previous contents of the respective table.
+Note that this option will flush user-defined chains if they are declared.
+Example:
+.P
+.in +4n
+.EX
+*filter
+:FILTERS - [0:0]
+-A FILTERS ...
+.EE
+
+will flush and re-build the FILTERS chain from scratch,
+while retaining the content of all other chains in the table.
+.in
+.P
.TP
\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-test\fP
Only parse and construct the ruleset, but do not commit it.