From: Lukas Braun <koomi@moshbit.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 19:59:45 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man: ip-route.8: Mention that lower metric means higher priority
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man: ip-route.8: Mention that lower metric means higher priority

This is quite counter-intuitive when using the 'preference' keyword.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Braun <koomi@moshbit.net>
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diff --git a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
index c8eb38a75..d74e2a8a3 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-route.8.in
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ from
 .BI preference " NUMBER"
 the preference value of the route.
 .I NUMBER
-is an arbitrary 32bit number.
+is an arbitrary 32bit number, where routes with lower values are preferred.
 
 .TP
 .BI table " TABLEID"