Document null request list.

diff --git a/client/dhclient.conf.5 b/client/dhclient.conf.5
index cde23f9b2370d616f9dc93ace1c502e385739945..263ce7b265941fc26005c2b8805c09779d342221 100644 (file)
--- a/client/dhclient.conf.5
+++ b/client/dhclient.conf.5
@@ -170,7 +170,17 @@ are called \fIDHCP Options\fR.  DHCP Options are defined in
 The request statement causes the client to request that any server
 responding to the client send the client its values for the specified
 options.   Only the option names should be specified in the request
-statement - not option parameters.
+statement - not option parameters.   By default, the DHCP server
+requests the subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
+domain-name, domain-name-servers and host-name options. 
+.PP
+In some cases, it may be desirable to send no parameter request list
+at all.   To do this, simply write the request statement but specify
+no parameters:
+.PP
+.nf
+       request;
+.fi
 .PP
 .I The
 .B require