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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 8bff728b3a1e..b3fa522e4cd9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2835,10 +2835,14 @@ encap_port - INTEGER Default: 0 plpmtud_probe_interval - INTEGER - The time interval (in milliseconds) for sending PLPMTUD probe chunks. - These chunks are sent at the specified interval with a variable size - to probe the mtu of a given path between 2 endpoints. PLPMTUD will - be disabled when 0 is set, and other values for it must be >= 5000. + The time interval (in milliseconds) for the PLPMTUD probe timer, + which is configured to expire after this period to receive an + acknowledgment to a probe packet. This is also the time interval + between the probes for the current pmtu when the probe search + is done. + + PLPMTUD will be disabled when 0 is set, and other values for it + must be >= 5000. Default: 0 |