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-rw-r--r--doc/rawshark.pod13
-rw-r--r--doc/tshark.pod13
-rw-r--r--doc/wireshark.pod.template13
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rawshark.pod b/doc/rawshark.pod
index dcf7e52e29..c97dcb4f1d 100644
--- a/doc/rawshark.pod
+++ b/doc/rawshark.pod
@@ -430,11 +430,14 @@ less likely.
=item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_DISSECTOR_BUG
-If this environment variable is set, Wireshark will call abort(3) when a
-dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will cause the program to exit and
-will, on some OS and assuming your environment is configured correctly,
-generate a core file. This can be useful to developers attempting to
-troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector.
+If this environment variable is set, B<Rawshark> will call abort(3)
+when a dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will cause the program to
+exit abnormally; if you are running B<Rawshark> in a debugger, it
+should halt in the debugger and allow inspection of the process, and, if
+you are not running it in a debugger, it will, on some OSes, assuming
+your environment is configured correctly, generate a core dump file.
+This can be useful to developers attempting to troubleshoot a problem
+with a protocol dissector.
=back
diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod
index dbab99c300..df326a14c6 100644
--- a/doc/tshark.pod
+++ b/doc/tshark.pod
@@ -1082,11 +1082,14 @@ less likely.
=item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_DISSECTOR_BUG
-If this environment variable is set, Wireshark will call abort(3) when a
-dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will cause the program to exit and
-will, on some OS and assuming your environment is configured correctly,
-generate a core file. This can be useful to developers attempting to
-troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector.
+If this environment variable is set, B<TShark> will call abort(3)
+when a dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will cause the program to
+exit abnormally; if you are running B<TShark> in a debugger, it
+should halt in the debugger and allow inspection of the process, and, if
+you are not running it in a debugger, it will, on some OSes, assuming
+your environment is configured correctly, generate a core dump file.
+This can be useful to developers attempting to troubleshoot a problem
+with a protocol dissector.
=back
diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
index d7411a4594..422f8349e4 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template
+++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
@@ -2649,11 +2649,14 @@ less likely.
=item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_DISSECTOR_BUG
-If this environment variable is set, Wireshark will call abort(3) when a
-dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will cause the program to exit and
-will, on some OS and assuming your environment is configured correctly,
-generate a core file. This can be useful to developers attempting to
-troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector.
+If this environment variable is set, B<Wireshark> will call abort(3)
+when a dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will cause the program to
+exit abnormally; if you are running B<Wireshark> in a debugger, it
+should halt in the debugger and allow inspection of the process, and, if
+you are not running it in a debugger, it will, on some OSes, assuming
+your environment is configured correctly, generate a core dump file.
+This can be useful to developers attempting to troubleshoot a problem
+with a protocol dissector.
=back