-.\" $Id: dhclient.conf.5,v 1.32 2011/04/21 13:24:24 tomasz Exp $
+.\" $Id: dhclient.conf.5,v 1.33 2012/01/24 22:21:04 sar Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009-2011 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.\" Copyright (c) 2004,2007 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.I backoff-cutoff
statement determines the maximum amount of time that the client is
allowed to back off, the actual value will be evaluated randomly between
-1/2 to 1 1/2 times the \fItime\fR specified. It defaults to two minutes.
+1/2 to 1 1/2 times the \fItime\fR specified. It defaults to fifteen
+seconds.
.PP
.I The
.B initial-interval