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Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:00:55 UTC
The branch main has been updated by 0mp (doc, ports committer):
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2567cc419e70e2952be3423836b93de0a88c9b52
commit 2567cc419e70e2952be3423836b93de0a88c9b52
Author: Zhenlei Huang <zlei.huang@gmail.comi>
AuthorDate: 2022-07-01 08:59:11 +0000
Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-07-01 09:00:26 +0000
ifconfig.8: Polish
MFC after: 3 days
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35686
---
sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index cedbf6f059bc..e059c172dd5c 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ of the supported media for the specified interface.
.It Fl n
Disable automatic loading of network interface drivers.
.Pp
-If the network interface driver is not present in the kernel then
+By default if the network interface driver is not present in the kernel
+then
.Nm
will attempt to load it.
-This flag disables this behavior.
.It Fl u
Display only the interfaces that are up.
.It Fl v
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ For the inet family,
the address is either a host name present in the host name data
base,
.Xr hosts 5 ,
-or a IPv4 address expressed in the Internet standard
+or an IPv4 address expressed in the Internet standard
.Dq dot notation .
.Pp
It is also possible to use the CIDR notation (also known as the
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ If the Address Resolution Protocol is enabled,
the host will perform normally,
sending out requests and listening for replies.
.It Cm stickyarp
-Enable so-called sticky ARP mode for the interface.
+Enable the so-called sticky ARP mode for the interface.
If this option is enabled on the given interface, any resolved address is
marked as a static one and never expires. This may be used to increase
security of the network by preventing ARP spoofing or to reduce latency for
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ option may impact techniques which rely on ARP expiration/overwriting feature
such as load-balancers or high-availabity solutions such as
.Xr carp 4 .
.It Fl stickyarp
-Disable so-called sticky ARP mode for the interface (default).
+Disable the so-called sticky ARP mode for the interface (default).
Resolved addresses will expire normally respecting the kernel ARP
configuration.
.It Cm broadcast