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diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
index 5544283d4..db53b4959 100644
--- a/man/sysctl.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
@@ -68,13 +68,26 @@
The configuration files contain a list of
variable assignments, separated by newlines. Empty
lines and lines whose first non-whitespace character
- is # or ; are ignored.
-
- Note that both / and . are accepted as label
- separators within sysctl variable
- names. kernel.domainname=foo and
- kernel/domainname=foo hence are
- entirely equivalent.
+ is # or ; are
+ ignored.
+
+ Note that either / or
+ . may be used as separators within
+ sysctl variable names. If the first separator is a
+ slash, remaining slashes and dots are left intact. If
+ the first separator is a dot, dots and slashes are
+ interchanged. kernel.domainname=foo
+ and kernel/domainname=foo are
+ equivalent and will cause foo to
+ be written to
+ /proc/sys/kernel/domainname.
+ Either
+ net.ipv4.conf.enp3s0/200.forwarding
+ or
+ net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding
+ may be used to refer to
+ /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding.
+
Each configuration file shall be named in the
style of program.conf.
@@ -103,6 +116,16 @@
/dev/null in
/etc/sysctl.d/ bearing the
same filename.
+
+ The settings configured with
+ sysctl.d files will be applied
+ early on boot. The network interface-specific options
+ will also be applied individually for each network
+ interface as it shows up in the system. (More
+ specifically,
+ net.ipv4.conf.*,
+ net.ipv6.conf.*,
+ net.ipv4.neigh.* and net.ipv6.neigh.*)