[PATCH] netlink.7: nlmsg_pid/nl_pid is *not* the process ID

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See cf130cb102487723bdfc53e4abde1227a7563797 in kernel
Reported-By: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/383296
---
 man7/netlink.7 |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
index 9f2e654..e918dce 100644
--- a/man7/netlink.7
+++ b/man7/netlink.7
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct nlmsghdr {
     __u16 nlmsg_type;   /* Type of message content. */
     __u16 nlmsg_flags;  /* Additional flags. */
     __u32 nlmsg_seq;    /* Sequence number. */
-    __u32 nlmsg_pid;    /* PID of the sending process. */
+    __u32 nlmsg_pid;    /* Sending process port ID */
 };
 .fi
 .in
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ not equal 0).
 struct sockaddr_nl {
     sa_family_t     nl_family;  /* AF_NETLINK */
     unsigned short  nl_pad;     /* Zero. */
-    pid_t           nl_pid;     /* Process ID. */
+    pid_t           nl_pid;     /* port ID. */
     __u32           nl_groups;  /* Multicast groups mask. */
 };
 .fi
-- 
1.7.10.4

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