@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ Effectively, this is the nft-equivalent of *iptables-save* and
TABLES
------
[verse]
-{*add* | *create*} *table* ['family'] 'table' [ {*comment* 'comment' *;*'} *{ flags* 'flags' *; }*]
+{*add* | *create*} *table* ['family'] 'table' [*{* [*comment* 'comment' *;*] [*flags* 'flags' *;*] *}*]
{*delete* | *destroy* | *list* | *flush*} *table* ['family'] 'table'
*list tables* ['family']
*delete table* ['family'] *handle* 'handle'
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ add table inet mytable
CHAINS
------
[verse]
-{*add* | *create*} *chain* ['family'] 'table' 'chain' [*{ type* 'type' *hook* 'hook' [*device* 'device'] *priority* 'priority' *;* [*policy* 'policy' *;*] [*comment* 'comment' *;*'] *}*]
+{*add* | *create*} *chain* ['family'] 'table' 'chain' [*{ type* 'type' *hook* 'hook' [*device* 'device'] *priority* 'priority' *;* [*policy* 'policy' *;*] [*comment* 'comment' *;*] *}*]
{*delete* | *destroy* | *list* | *flush*} *chain* ['family'] 'table' 'chain'
*list chains* ['family']
*delete chain* ['family'] 'table' *handle* 'handle'
The curly braces in 'add table' are to be put literally, so need to be bold. Also, they are optional unless either one (or both) of 'comment' and 'flags' are specified. The 'add chain' synopsis contained a stray tick, messing up the following markup. Fixes: 7fd67ce121f86 ("doc: fix synopsis of named counter, quota and ct {helper,timeout,expect}") Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> --- doc/nft.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)