- Consistently use 'modprobe' as option argument name
- Add a reference to modprobe man page
- Put the path in italics, and the command in bold
Reported-by: debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 8c46901ff5785 ("doc: document iptables-restore's -M option")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
---
iptables/iptables-restore.8.in | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in b/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
index 20216842d8358..5846a47cefbcc 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ the program will exit if the lock cannot be obtained. This option will
make the program wait (indefinitely or for optional \fIseconds\fP) until
the exclusive lock can be obtained.
.TP
-\fB\-M\fP, \fB\-\-modprobe\fP \fImodprobe_program\fP
-Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-restore will
-inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path.
+\fB\-M\fP, \fB\-\-modprobe\fP \fImodprobe\fP
+Specify the path to the \fBmodprobe\fP(8) program. By default,
+\fBiptables-restore\fP will inspect \fI/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe\fP to
+determine the executable's path.
.TP
\fB\-T\fP, \fB\-\-table\fP \fIname\fP
Restore only the named table even if the input stream contains other ones.
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2.40.0
