- * a fixed-length buffer.
- * If ep is NULL, assume no truncation check is needed.
+ * a fixed-length field in the packet buffer, or from what remains of
+ * the packet.
+ *
+ * n is the length of the fixed-length field, or the number of bytes
+ * remaining in the packet based on its on-the-network length.
+ *
+ * If ep is non-null, it should point just past the last captured byte
+ * of the packet, e.g. ndo->ndo_snapend. If ep is NULL, we assume no
+ * truncation check, other than the checks of the field length/remaining
+ * packet data length, is needed.
+ *