summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--iptables/iptables-save.8.in5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
index 25390771..7f849073 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ restrict output to only one table. If the kernel is configured with automatic
module loading, an attempt will be made to load the appropriate module for
that table if it is not already there.
.br
-If not specified, output includes all available tables.
+If not specified, output includes all available tables. No module loading takes
+place, so in order to include a specific table in the output, the respective
+module (something like \fBiptable_mangle\fP or \fBip6table_raw\fP) must be
+loaded first.
.SH BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
.SH AUTHORS