From cca9f14a2742c1c6f0e9ea01ca5d20229a4e799f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teastep <teastep@fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:11:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify square brackets in in-line script documentation

git-svn-id: https://shorewall.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/shorewall/trunk@7785 fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb
---
 docs/configuration_file_basics.xml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml b/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
index 1f10ccf18..96eaaafb4 100644
--- a/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
+++ b/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
@@ -498,7 +498,10 @@ use Shorewall::Config qw/shorewall/;</programlisting>
 <emphasis role="bold">END</emphasis> [ <emphasis role="bold">PERL</emphasis> ] [<emphasis
           role="bold">;</emphasis>]</programlisting></para>
 
-    <para></para>
+    <para><emphasis role="bold">Note: </emphasis>The '[' and ']' above are
+    meta-characters which indicate that what they enclose is optional and may
+    be omitted. So you may follow PERL with a semicolon ( ':') or you may omit
+    the semicolon.</para>
   </section>
 
   <section id="dnsnames">