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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt6
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 747a5d15d52..6f7872ba1de 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ tcp_frto - INTEGER
F-RTO is an enhanced recovery algorithm for TCP retransmission
timeouts. It is particularly beneficial in wireless environments
where packet loss is typically due to random radio interference
- rather than intermediate router congestion. FRTO is sender-side
+ rather than intermediate router congestion. F-RTO is sender-side
only modification. Therefore it does not require any support from
the peer, but in a typical case, however, where wireless link is
the local access link and most of the data flows downlink, the
- faraway servers should have FRTO enabled to take advantage of it.
+ faraway servers should have F-RTO enabled to take advantage of it.
If set to 1, basic version is enabled. 2 enables SACK enhanced
F-RTO if flow uses SACK. The basic version can be used also when
- SACK is in use though scenario(s) with it exists where FRTO
+ SACK is in use though scenario(s) with it exists where F-RTO
interacts badly with the packet counting of the SACK enabled TCP
flow.