Functionality differs between legacy and nft variants, detail the effects a bit. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> --- iptables/iptables.8.in | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/iptables/iptables.8.in b/iptables/iptables.8.in index 759ec54fdeb72..ccc498f56def1 100644 --- a/iptables/iptables.8.in +++ b/iptables/iptables.8.in @@ -360,7 +360,11 @@ byte counters are also listed, with the suffix 'K', 'M' or 'G' for the \fB\-x\fP flag to change this). For appending, insertion, deletion and replacement, this causes detailed information on the rule or rules to be printed. \fB\-v\fP may be -specified multiple times to possibly emit more detailed debug statements. +specified multiple times to possibly emit more detailed debug statements: +Specified twice, \fBiptables-legacy\fP will dump table info and entries in +libiptc, \fBiptables-nft\fP dumps rules in netlink (VM code) presentation. +Specified three times, \fBiptables-nft\fP will also dump any netlink messages +sent to kernel. .TP \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP Show program version and the kernel API used. -- 2.34.1
