From a47130611ce32678cf46722188910a4c9f2914f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:34:07 +0100
Subject: doc: remove ipv6 address FIXME

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
 doc/nft.xml | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/nft.xml b/doc/nft.xml
index 2b88727c..b6b5506c 100644
--- a/doc/nft.xml
+++ b/doc/nft.xml
@@ -1663,7 +1663,10 @@ filter output ip daddr localhost
 				</table>
 			</para>
 			<para>
-				The IPv6 address type is used for IPv6 addresses.  FIXME
+				The IPv6 address type is used for IPv6 addresses.
+				Addresses are specified as a host name or as hexadecimal halfwords separated
+				by colons.  Addresses might be enclosed in square brackets ("[]") to differentiate them
+				from port numbers.
 			</para>
 			<example>
 				<title>IPv6 address specification</title>
@@ -1671,6 +1674,13 @@ filter output ip daddr localhost
 # abbreviated loopback address
 filter output ip6 daddr ::1
 				</programlisting>
+			<example>
+			</example>
+				<title>IPv6 address specification with bracket notation</title>
+				<programlisting>
+# without [] the port number (22) would be parsed as part of ipv6 address
+ip6 nat prerouting tcp dport 2222 dnat to [1ce::d0]:22
+				</programlisting>
 			</example>
 		</refsect2>
 
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