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diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.conf.5.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.conf.5.in
index de0d6ea2..8812c65a 100644
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.conf.5.in
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.conf.5.in
@@ -618,8 +618,11 @@ Listens for connections on the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.
Listens for SSL connections on \fIport\fR (default: 6633). SSL must
be configured when this form is used (see \fBSSL Configuration\fR,
above).
-.IP "\fBptcp:\fR[\fIport\fR]"
+.IP "\fBptcp:\fR[\fIport\fR][\fB:\fIip\fR]"
Listens for TCP connections on \fIport\fR (default: 6633).
+By default, \fB\ovs\-vswitchd\fR listens for connections to any local
+IP address, but \fIip\fR may be specified to limit connections to the
+specified local \fIip\fR.
.RE
To entirely disable listening for management connections, set
\fBbridge.\fIname\fB.openflow.listeners\fR to the single value