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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2018-08-06 07:58:50 +0200
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2018-08-06 07:59:34 +0200
commitcad8d67194314354befbdf84bb04f91cbc26b75f (patch)
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parent10c6e7e51ec515a509698120ea13cb2e0a325a3a (diff)
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Merge pull request #9775 from yuwata/follow-up-9766
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diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 8a80b0cf4f..cbf53f323a 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -1194,25 +1194,28 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SendHostname=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>When true (the default), the machine's hostname will
- be sent to the DHCP server.</para>
+ <para>When true (the default), the machine's hostname will be sent to the DHCP server.
+ Note that the machine's hostname must consist only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and
+ no spaces or dots, and be formatted as a valid DNS domain name. Otherwise, the hostname is not
+ sent even if this is set to true.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>UseHostname=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>When true (the default), the hostname received from
- the DHCP server will be set as the transient hostname of the system
+ the DHCP server will be set as the transient hostname of the system.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Hostname=</varname></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use this value for the hostname which is sent to the
- DHCP server, instead of machine's hostname.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Hostname=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Use this value for the hostname which is sent to the DHCP server, instead of machine's hostname.
+ Note that the specified hostname must consist only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and
+ no spaces or dots, and be formatted as a valid DNS domain name.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
<listitem>