This moves the warning to the beginning of the section about 'ip link set' which makes it still stand out after adding more text to it's end.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc> --- man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in index 4fc5f3c6257e5..2678d37df7478 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in +++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in @@ -1015,6 +1015,18 @@ specifies the type of the device. .SS ip link set - change device attributes +.PP +.B Warning: +If multiple parameter changes are requested, +.B ip +aborts immediately after any of the changes have failed. +This is the only case when +.B ip +can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution +is to avoid changing several parameters with one +.B ip link set +call. + .TP .BI dev " DEVICE " .I DEVICE @@ -1235,18 +1247,6 @@ set the IPv6 address generation mode .BR "link-netnsid " set peer netnsid for a cross-netns interface -.PP -.B Warning: -If multiple parameter changes are requested, -.B ip -aborts immediately after any of the changes have failed. -This is the only case when -.B ip -can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution -is to avoid changing several parameters with one -.B ip link set -call. - .SS ip link show - display device attributes .TP -- 2.8.2