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diff --git a/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.8 b/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.8
index 654b538..ebfcc36 100644
--- a/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.8
+++ b/contrib/traceroute/traceroute.8
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\" $Id: traceroute.8,v 1.19 2000/09/21 08:44:19 leres Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 19, 2012
+.Dd May 31, 2015
.Dt TRACEROUTE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Turn on AS# lookups and use the given server instead of the
default.
.It Fl e
Firewall evasion mode.
-Use fixed destination ports for UDP and TCP probes.
+Use fixed destination ports for UDP, UDP-Lite, TCP and SCTP probes.
The destination port does NOT increment with each packet sent.
.It Fl f Ar first_ttl
Set the initial time-to-live used in the first outgoing probe packet.
@@ -110,21 +110,24 @@ Print hop addresses numerically rather than symbolically and numerically
path).
.It Fl P Ar proto
Send packets of specified IP protocol. The currently supported protocols
-are: UDP, TCP, GRE and ICMP. Other protocols may also be specified (either by
-name or by number), though
+are: UDP, UDP-Lite, TCP, SCTP, GRE and ICMP. Other protocols may also be
+specified (either by name or by number), though
.Nm
does not implement any special knowledge of their packet formats. This
option is useful for determining which router along a path may be
blocking packets based on IP protocol number. But see BUGS below.
.It Fl p Ar port
-Protocol specific. For UDP and TCP, sets
+Protocol specific. For UDP, UDP-Lite, TCP and SCTP, sets
the base
.Ar port
number used in probes (default is 33434).
-Traceroute hopes that nothing is listening on UDP ports
-.Em base
+Traceroute hopes that nothing is listening on UDP ports (or UDP-Lite ports
+if used by
+.Nm
+and supported by the peer)
+.Em base + 1
to
-.Em base + nhops * nprobes - 1
+.Em base + nhops * nprobes
at the destination host (so an ICMP PORT_UNREACHABLE message will
be returned to terminate the route tracing). If something is
listening on a port in the default range, this option can be used
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