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diff --git a/rrqnet-ifupdown.sh.8.adoc b/rrqnet-ifupdown.sh.8.adoc
index 536cbc7..3bca616 100644
--- a/rrqnet-ifupdown.sh.8.adoc
+++ b/rrqnet-ifupdown.sh.8.adoc
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 */etc/rrqnet/ifupdown.sh* is a utility script for managing +rrqnet+
 virtual cables via +/etc/network/interfaces+ declarations. In normal
-use the script is set up as "pre-up" and "post-down" scripts by means
-of links from +/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/rrqnet+ and from
-+/etc/network/if-post-down.d/rrqnet+. It will then be invoked by
-+ifup+ and +ifdown+ for handling the +rrqnet+ declarations and bring
-up or tear down +rrqnet+ virtual cable plugs over +tap+ interfaces.
+use the script is set up as hook script by means of links from all
++/etc/network/if-*.d/rrqnet+ for automatic invocation with the
+commands +ifup+ and +ifdown+.
 
-An +rrqnet+ virtual cable uses a +tap+ interface at each cable end
+A +rrqnet+ virtual cable uses a +tap+ interface at each cable end
 host, and a service process (aptly named +rrqnet+) to tunnel the +tap+
 network traffic over UDP. Each +rrqnet+ process acts as a networking
 switch that facilitates level 2 connectivity among all its end points
@@ -33,18 +31,21 @@ with packet routing according to the destination Ethernet machine
 addresses.
 
 This script handles the special purpose "option codes" for the IFACE
-stanzas that are used for declaring the +rrqnet+ daemon configuration
+blocks that are used for declaring the +rrqnet+ daemon configuration
 to for the +tap+ interface for its virtual cabling. I.e., the IFACE
-stanza is made for the tap interface and it includes one or more of
+block is made for the tap interface and it includes one or more of
 these +rrqnet+ options.
 
 The list of IFACE options for +rrqnet+ are:
 
-*rrqnet_port* _port_::
+*rrqnet_port* [ notap ] _port_::
 
-This IFACE option is required both as way of marking that the stanza
-is for an +rrqnet+ virtual cable +tap+, and to declare which UDP port
-the +rrqnet+ daemon should listen on for incoming cabling.
+This IFACE option is required both as way of marking that the
+configuration block is for an +rrqnet+ virtual cable +tap+, and to
+declare which UDP port the +rrqnet+ daemon should listen on for
+incoming cabling. The port number may be preceded by +notap+ to
+indcate that this +rrqnet+ should not have an actual tap interface on
+the host but rather only serve to interconnect remote connections.
 
 *rrqnet_nice* _nice_::
 
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ remotes for a single +rrqnet+ daemon are declared by using multiple
 *rrqnet_options* _options_::
 
 This IFACE option is used for declaring any additional +rrqnet+ daemon
-settings ([-4] [-B n] [-T n] [-m mcast]). Refer to the +rrqnet+ man
-page for the full specification.
+settings ([-tpg] [-4] [-B n] [-T n] [-m mcast]). Refer to the +rrqnet+
+man page for the full specification.
 
 *rrqnet_log* _level_ _pathname_::
 
@@ -111,13 +112,13 @@ iface mynet0 inet static
 The above example declares a virtual cable plug for UDP port +3636+
 tunneling through host +111.222.333.444+ port +3636+ where the local
 +tap+ +mynet0+ has ipv4 address +10.0.0.2+. The +rrqnet_port+ option
-marks the stanza as an ++rrqnet+ virtual cabling set up which then is
-duly handled by +rrqnet-ifupdown.sh+.
+marks the IFACE block as an ++rrqnet+ virtual cabling set up which
+then is duly handled by +rrqnet-ifupdown.sh+.
 
 The +rrqnet_options+ in the example tells the +rrqnet+ process to use
-an ipv4-only socket, 10 packet buffers and a single delivery thread.
-If left out, the default is to use an ipv6 socket, 10 bufffers and 5
-threads.
+an ipv4-only socket, 10 packet buffers and a single delivery thread,
+in addition to the socket reader threads. The default is to use an
+ipv6 socket, 10 bufffers and 5 delivery threads.
 
 NOTES
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