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@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ Sets the chop length to use when writing the packet data. Each packet is
chopped by <choplen> bytes of data. Positive values chop at the packet
beginning while negative values chop at the packet end.
-If the optional offset precedes the <choplen>, then the bytes chopped will be
-offset from that value. Positve offsets are from the packet beginning, while
-negative offsets are from the packet end.
+If an optional offset precedes the <choplen>, then the bytes chopped will be
+offset from that value. Offsets are expected to be positive values, regardless
+of chopping from packet beginning or packet end.
This is useful for chopping headers for decapsulation of an entire capture,
removing tunneling headers, or in the rare case that the conversion between two