From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:42:38 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man: document that VirtualEthernetExtra= has nothing to do with Bridge=
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man: document that VirtualEthernetExtra= has nothing to do with Bridge=

Fixes: #15402
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diff --git a/man/systemd.nspawn.xml b/man/systemd.nspawn.xml
index 11df4623b44..27eae50b517 100644
--- a/man/systemd.nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.nspawn.xml
@@ -469,18 +469,16 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>VirtualEthernetExtra=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Takes a colon-separated pair of interface
-        names. Configures an additional virtual Ethernet connection
-        (<literal>veth</literal>) between host and the container. The
-        first specified name is the interface name on the host, the
-        second the interface name in the container. The latter may be
-        omitted in which case it is set to the same name as the host
-        side interface. This setting implies
-        <varname>Private=yes</varname>. This setting corresponds to
-        the <option>--network-veth-extra=</option> command line
-        switch, and maybe be used multiple times. It is independent of
-        <varname>VirtualEthernet=</varname>. This option is privileged
-        (see above).</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Takes a colon-separated pair of interface names. Configures an additional virtual
+        Ethernet connection (<literal>veth</literal>) between host and the container. The first specified
+        name is the interface name on the host, the second the interface name in the container. The latter
+        may be omitted in which case it is set to the same name as the host side interface. This setting
+        implies <varname>Private=yes</varname>. This setting corresponds to the
+        <option>--network-veth-extra=</option> command line switch, and maybe be used multiple times. It is
+        independent of <varname>VirtualEthernet=</varname>. Note that this option is unrelated to the
+        <varname>Bridge=</varname> setting below, and thus any connections created this way are not
+        automatically added to any bridge device on the host side. This option is privileged (see
+        above).</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>