2000-10-18 Scott McDermott <mcdermot@questra.com>

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / exportfs / exports.man

diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exports.man b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
index 767db40216938477e749a7c4bd59d8a05808b970..8d0866788170f04823658f183117ec52301671fb 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ above pattern does not include hosts such as \fIa.b.cs.foo.edu\fR.
 You can also export directories to all hosts on an IP (sub-) network
 simultaneously. This is done by specifying an IP address and netmask pair
 as
-.IR address/netmask .
+.IR address/netmask
+where the netmask can be specified in dotted-decimal format, or as a
+contiguous mask length (for example, either `/255.255.252.0' or `/22' appended
+to the network base address result in identical subnetworks with 10 bits of
+host).
 .TP
 '''.B =public
 '''This is a special ``hostname'' that identifies the given directory name