-a pairs of hex digits for each byte in the address or port number when
-expressed in network byte order.
+a pair of hex digits for each byte in the address or port number when
+expressed in host byte order. For example, the port argument is the
+result of something like
+.B sprintf(arg,
+.B """%04X"",
+.BR sin.sin_port) .
+.I addr6-hex
+should be a string of 32 hex digits, being a pair for each byte in
+the address, in network byte order.