ovsdb-client: Introduce new data formatting style as the default.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / ovsdb / ovsdb-client.1.in

diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
index 119add3..b2d767f 100644 (file)
--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ The following options controlling output formatting:
 .
 .IP "\fB-f \fIformat\fR"
 .IQ "\fB--format=\fIformat\fR"
-Sets the basic type of output formatting.  The following types of
+Sets the type of table formatting.  The following types of
 \fIformat\fR are available:
 .RS
 .IP "\fBtable\fR (default)"
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ HTML tables.
 Comma-separated values as defined in RFC 4180.
 .RE
 .
+.IP "\fB-d \fIformat\fR"
+.IP "\fB--data=\fIformat\fR"
+Sets the formatting for cells within output tables.  The following
+types of \fIformat\fR are available:
+.RS
+.IP "\fBstring\fR (default)"
+The simple format described in \fBovs-vsctl\fR(8).
+.IP "\fBjson\fR"
+JSON.
+.RE
+.
 .IP "\fB--no-heading\fR"
 This option suppresses the heading row that otherwise appears in the
 first row of table output.