net: change ip_default_ttl documentation

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 2193a5d..d99940d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ ip_forward - BOOLEAN
        for routers)
 
 ip_default_ttl - INTEGER
-       default 64
+       Default value of TTL field (Time To Live) for outgoing (but not
+       forwarded) IP packets. Should be between 1 and 255 inclusive.
+       Default: 64 (as recommended by RFC1700)
 
 ip_no_pmtu_disc - BOOLEAN
        Disable Path MTU Discovery.