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diff --git a/extensions/libxt_connlimit.man b/extensions/libxt_connlimit.man
index ecc80272..bd369a69 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_connlimit.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_connlimit.man
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ Match if the number of existing connections is above \fIn\fP.
Group hosts using the prefix length. For IPv4, this must be a number between
(including) 0 and 32. For IPv6, between 0 and 128. If not specified, the
maximum prefix length for the applicable protocol is used.
-.P
+.TP
+\fB\-\-connlimit\-saddr\fP
+Apply the limit onto the source group.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-connlimit\-daddr\fP
+Apply the limit onto the destination group.
+.PP
Examples:
.TP
# allow 2 telnet connections per client host
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ iptables \-A INPUT \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 23 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-abo
iptables \-A INPUT \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 23 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-upto 2 \-j ACCEPT
.TP
# limit the number of parallel HTTP requests to 16 per class C sized \
-network (24 bit netmask)
+source network (24 bit netmask)
iptables \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 80 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above 16
\-\-connlimit\-mask 24 \-j REJECT
.TP
@@ -29,3 +35,7 @@ iptables \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 80 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above 16
(ipv6)
ip6tables \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 80 \-s fe80::/64 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above
16 \-\-connlimit\-mask 64 \-j REJECT
+.TP
+# Limit the number of connections to a particular host:
+ip6tables \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 49152:65535 \-d 2001:db8::1 \-m connlimit
+\-\-connlimit-above 100 \-j REJECT