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diff --git a/src/libnetfilter_queue.c b/src/libnetfilter_queue.c
index 9fe9dfa..33f62bf 100644
--- a/src/libnetfilter_queue.c
+++ b/src/libnetfilter_queue.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
* (requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.30).
* - see --queue-balance option in NFQUEUE target for multi-threaded apps
* (it requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.31).
+ * - consider using fail-open option see nfq_set_queue_flags() (it requires
+ * Linux kernel >= 3.6)
*/
struct nfq_handle
@@ -620,6 +622,12 @@ int nfq_set_mode(struct nfq_q_handle *qh,
flags &= ~NFQA_CFG_F_FAIL_OPEN;
err = nfq_set_queue_flags(qh, mask, flags);
\endverbatim
+ *
+ * If NFQA_CFG_F_FAIL_OPEN is used, the kernel will accept instead of
+ * drop packets that should have been enqueued to a full queue. This
+ * results in the system being able to handle high network load but at
+ * the depend of the control of the packets.
+ *
* \return -1 on error with errno set appropriately; =0 otherwise.
*/
int nfq_set_queue_flags(struct nfq_q_handle *qh,