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-rw-r--r--sbin/ipfw/ipfw.86
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index 40fb582..bcb8f0d 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ first rule that matches a packet applies.
Multiple rules may share the same number and apply in
the order in which they were added.
.Pp
-If a rule is added without a number, it is numbered 100 higher
-than the previous rule. If the highest defined rule number is
-greater than 65534, new rules are appended to the last rule.
+If a rule is added without a number, it is numbered 100 higher than the highest
+defined rule number, unless the highest defined rule number is 65435 or
+greater, in which case new rules are given that same number.
.Pp
The delete operation deletes the first rule with number
.Ar number ,
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