ovs-vsctl: Remove default timeout.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / utilities / ovs-vsctl.8.in

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
index 7476777..ef080bb 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
@@ -118,11 +118,12 @@ Prevents \fBovs\-vsctl\fR from actually modifying the database.
 .
 .IP "\fB\-t \fIsecs\fR"
 .IQ "\fB\-\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR"
-Limits runtime to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds.  A value of 
-zero will cause \fBovs\-vsctl\fR to wait forever.  If the timeout expires, 
-\fBovs\-vsctl\fR will exit with a \fBSIGALRM\fR signal.  If this option is
-not used, \fBovs\-vsctl\fR uses a timeout of five seconds.
-(A timeout would normally happen only if the database cannot be contacted.)
+By default, or with a \fIsecs\fR of \fB0\fR, \fBovs\-vsctl\fR waits
+forever for a response from the database.  This option limits runtime
+to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds.  If the timeout expires,
+\fBovs\-vsctl\fR will exit with a \fBSIGALRM\fR signal.  (A timeout
+would normally happen only if the database cannot be contacted, or if
+the system is overloaded.)
 .
 .SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
 .so lib/ssl.man