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diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index ab8f4b7..176af6a 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ That is, one can specify an address like
.\" through
.\" .Ar f ,
.\" are specified in hexadecimal.
-.\" The host number may be omitted on 10Mb/s Ethernet interfaces,
+.\" The host number may be omitted on IEEE 802 protocol
+.\" (Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring) interfaces,
.\" which use the hardware physical address,
.\" and on interfaces other than the first.
.\" For the
@@ -178,7 +179,9 @@ between network level addresses and link level addresses (default).
This is currently implemented for mapping between
.Tn DARPA
Internet
-addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses.
+addresses and
+.Tn IEEE
+802 48-bit MAC addresses (Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring addresses).
.It Fl arp
Disable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol.
.It Cm broadcast
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