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diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod.template b/doc/ethereal.pod.template index d40c6253d9..8e288610d7 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod.template +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod.template @@ -417,8 +417,17 @@ changed, or deleted. =item Edit:Protocols -Edit the list of protocols, allowing protocol dissection to be -enabled or disabled. +Allow protocol dissection to be enabled or disabled for a specific +protocol. Individual protocols can be enabled or disabled by +double-clicking on them in the list. The entire list can be enabled, +disabled, or inverted using the buttons below the list. + +When a protocol is disabled, dissection in a particular packet stops +when that protocol is reached, and Ethereal moves on to the next packet. +Any higher-layer protocols that would otherwise have been processed will +not be displayed. For example, disabling TCP will prevent the dissection +and display of TCP, HTTP, SMTP, Telnet, and any other protocol exclusively +dependent on TCP. =item Capture:Start |