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man: an attempt to reword the [Route] Type= man page
authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:18:30 +0000 (17:18 +0200)
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:18:30 +0000 (17:18 +0200)
A follow-up for #10388.

man/systemd.network.xml

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         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The Type identifier for special route types, which can be
-            <literal>unicast</literal> route to a destination network address which describes the path to the destination,
-            <literal>blackhole</literal> packets are discarded silently,
-            <literal>unreachable</literal> packets are discarded and the ICMP message host unreachable is generated,
-            <literal>prohibit</literal> packets are discarded and the ICMP message communication administratively
-            prohibited is generated,
-            if <literal>throw</literal> the lookup in current routing table will fail and routing selection process
-            will returns to Routing Policy Database.
-            Defaults to <literal>unicast</literal>.
+            <para>Specifies the type for the route. If <literal>unicast</literal>, a regular route is defined, i.e. a
+            route indicating the path to take to a destination network address. If <literal>blackhole</literal>, packets
+            to the defined route are discarded silently. If <literal>unreachable</literal>, packets to the defined route
+            are discarded and the ICMP message "Host Unreachable" is generated. If <literal>prohibit</literal>, packets
+            to the defined route are discarded and the ICMP message "Communication Administratively Prohibited" is
+            generated. If <literal>throw</literal>, route lookup in the current routing table will fail and the route
+            selection process will return to Routing Policy Database (RPDB). Defaults to <literal>unicast</literal>.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>