From: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 07:57:19 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: tcpdump can be of use for people who known nothing of TCP, these days.
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tcpdump can be of use for people who known nothing of TCP, these days.

The "tcp" in "tcpdump" is historical; these days, it's a general-purpose
network analyzer.  Don't claim tcpdump will not be of much use to you if
you don't know TCP.
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diff --git a/tcpdump.1.in b/tcpdump.1.in
index 1e737d2c..cb7ff0f0 100644
--- a/tcpdump.1.in
+++ b/tcpdump.1.in
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ TCP Packets
 \fI(N.B.:The following description assumes familiarity with
 the TCP protocol described in RFC-793.
 If you are not familiar
-with the protocol, neither this description nor \fItcpdump\fP will
+with the protocol, this description will not
 be of much use to you.)\fP
 .LP
 The general format of a tcp protocol line is: