From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Explaining the "local" flag by saying that it is "a local permanent fdb
entry" is not very helpful, be more specific.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
---
man/man8/bridge.8 | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man8/bridge.8 b/man/man8/bridge.8
index 223e65d64757..b629c52b8341 100644
--- a/man/man8/bridge.8
+++ b/man/man8/bridge.8
@@ -514,8 +514,10 @@ the Ethernet MAC address.
the interface to which this address is associated.
.B local
-- is a local permanent fdb entry. This flag is default unless "static" or
- "dynamic" are explicitly specified.
+- is a local permanent fdb entry, which means that the bridge will not forward
+frames with this destination MAC address and VLAN ID, but terminate them
+locally. This flag is default unless "static" or "dynamic" are explicitly
+specified.
.sp
.B permanent
--
2.25.1