From b875ac34bea05eac0132c7d1420443e8b3f42b07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:08:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] man: clarify DEVICE_IFACE vs. DEVICE_IP_IFACE in `man
 NetworkManager`

---
 man/NetworkManager.xml | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.xml b/man/NetworkManager.xml
index d50c206cc7..e674943e61 100644
--- a/man/NetworkManager.xml
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.xml
@@ -191,13 +191,18 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>DEVICE_IFACE</varname></term>
           <listitem><para>
-            The interface name of the device.
+            The interface name of the control interface of the device.
+            Depending on the device type, this differs from
+            <varname>DEVICE_IP_IFACE</varname>. For example for
+            ADSL devices, this could be 'atm0' or for WWAN devices
+            it might be 'ttyUSB0'.
           </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>DEVICE_IP_IFACE</varname></term>
           <listitem><para>
-            The IP interface name of the device.
+            The IP interface name of the device. This is the network
+            interface on which IP addresses and routes will be configured.
           </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>