States for \fB\-\-ctstate\fP:
.TP
\fBINVALID\fP
-meaning that the packet is associated with no known connection
+The packet is associated with no known connection.
.TP
\fBNEW\fP
-meaning that the packet has started a new connection, or otherwise associated
-with a connection which has not seen packets in both directions, and
+The packet has started a new connection, or otherwise associated
+with a connection which has not seen packets in both directions.
.TP
\fBESTABLISHED\fP
-meaning that the packet is associated with a connection which has seen packets
-in both directions,
+The packet is associated with a connection which has seen packets
+in both directions.
.TP
\fBRELATED\fP
-meaning that the packet is starting a new connection, but is associated with an
+The packet is starting a new connection, but is associated with an
existing connection, such as an FTP data transfer, or an ICMP error.
.TP
\fBUNTRACKED\fP
-meaning that the packet is not tracked at all, which happens if you use
+The packet is not tracked at all, which happens if you use
the NOTRACK target in raw table.
.TP
\fBSNAT\fP
None of the below.
.TP
\fBEXPECTED\fP
-This is an expected connection (i.e. a conntrack helper set it up)
+This is an expected connection (i.e. a conntrack helper set it up).
.TP
\fBSEEN_REPLY\fP
Conntrack has seen packets in both directions.