Mention nftables earlier in the documentation, so users have more context on
what
we are talking about.
This is Debian bug #887718, which contains:
<<<
Currently one must read down 100 lines before it is even mentioned.
You might want to make the connection between "nft" and "nftables" as
early as the NAME or DESCRIPTION.
>>>
Requested-by: Dan Jacobson <jida...@jidanni.org>
Signed-off-by: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <art...@netfilter.org>
---
doc/nft.xml | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nft.xml b/doc/nft.xml
index e515b11..9e979af 100644
--- a/doc/nft.xml
+++ b/doc/nft.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4
<refnamediv>
<refname>nft</refname>
<refpurpose>
- Administration tool for packet filtering and
classification
+ Administration tool of the nftables framework for
packet filtering and classification
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
- nft is used to set up, maintain and inspect packet
- filtering and classification rules in the Linux kernel.
+ nft is the command line tool used to set up, maintain
and inspect packet
+ filtering and classification rules in the Linux kernel,
in the nftables framework.
+ The Linux kernel subsystem is known as nf_tables, and
'nf' stands for Netfilter.
</para>
</refsect1>
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