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diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod.template b/doc/ethereal.pod.template index 9f00ef94ad..4a1cea0703 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod.template +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod.template @@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ Print the version and options and exit. =item -i Set the name of the network interface or pipe to use for live packet capture. -Network interface names should match one of the names listed in "B<netstat -i>" -or "B<ifconfig -a>". +Network interface names should match one of the names listed in +"B<tethereal -D>". If you're using Unix, "B<netstat -i>" or "B<ifconfig -a>" +should also work. Pipe names should be either the name of a FIFO (named pipe) or ``-'' to read data from the standard input. Data read from pipes must be in libpcap format. diff --git a/doc/tethereal.pod.template b/doc/tethereal.pod.template index ec2742d8ab..e9a170c3bd 100644 --- a/doc/tethereal.pod.template +++ b/doc/tethereal.pod.template @@ -189,13 +189,14 @@ Print the version and options and exits. =item -i -Set the name of the network interface to use for live packet capture. -It should match one of the names listed in "B<netstat -i>" or -"B<ifconfig -a>". If no interface is specified, B<Tethereal> searches -the list of interfaces, choosing the first non-loopback interface if -there are any non-loopback interfaces, and choosing the first loopback -interface if there are no non-loopback interfaces; if there are no -interfaces, B<Tethereal> reports an error and doesn't start the capture. +Set the name of the network interface to use for live packet capture. It +should match one of the names listed in "B<tethereal -D>" (described +above). If you're using Unix, "B<netstat -i>" or "B<ifconfig -a>" should +also work. If no interface is specified, B<Tethereal> searches the list +of interfaces, choosing the first non-loopback interface if there are any +non-loopback interfaces, and choosing the first loopback interface if +there are no non-loopback interfaces; if there are no interfaces, +B<Tethereal> reports an error and doesn't start the capture. =item -l |