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Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/nft.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/nft.xml b/doc/nft.xml index cc1e4a4c..827458ac 100644 --- a/doc/nft.xml +++ b/doc/nft.xml @@ -111,12 +111,10 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4 <term><option>-n, --numeric</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Numeric output: Addresses and other information - that might need network traffic to resolve to symbolic names - are shown numerically (default behaviour). When used twice, - internet services are translated. When used twice, internet - services and UIDs/GIDs are also shown numerically. When used - three times, protocol numbers are also shown numerically. + Show data numerically. When used once (the default behaviour), skip + lookup of addresses to symbolic names. Use twice to also show Internet + services (port numbers) numerically. Use three times to also show + protocols and UIDs/GIDs numerically. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4 <term><option>-N</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Translate IP addresses to DNS names. + Translate IP addresses to names. Usually requires network traffic for DNS lookup. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |