icmp: fix units for ratelimit

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / Documentation / networking / ip-sysctl.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 17a6e46fbd43abfce8ad5558f99200f8389ac650..71c7bea97160609f7c029a71fc9bf658772a5da5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -548,8 +548,9 @@ icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts - BOOLEAN
 icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER
        Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets whose type matches
        icmp_ratemask (see below) to specific targets.
-       0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1)
-       Default: 100
+       0 to disable any limiting,
+       otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds.
+       Default: 1000
 
 icmp_ratemask - INTEGER
        Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited.
@@ -1027,8 +1028,9 @@ max_addresses - INTEGER
 icmp/*:
 ratelimit - INTEGER
        Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets.
-       0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in jiffies(1)
-       Default: 100
+       0 to disable any limiting,
+       otherwise the minimal space between responses in milliseconds.
+       Default: 1000
 
 
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