The syntax is inconvenient but at least it's documented.

Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
---
 utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index 61a0e0d..63f4fee 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ differences were found.
 .
 .IP "\fBpacket\-out \fIswitch in_port actions packet\fR..."
 Connects to \fIswitch\fR and instructs it to execute the OpenFlow
-\fIactions\fR on each \fIpacket\fR.  For the purpose of executing the
+\fIactions\fR on each \fIpacket\fR.  Each \fBpacket\fR is specified as a
+series of hex digits.  For the purpose of executing the
 actions, the packets are considered to have arrived on \fIin_port\fR,
 which may be an OpenFlow port number or name (e.g. \fBeth0\fR), the
 keyword \fBLOCAL\fR (the preferred way to refer to the OpenFlow
-- 
1.7.10.4

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