According to some bug reports on the MPTCP project, these options might
be a bit confusing for some.

Mentioning that the 'signal' flag is typically for a server, and the
'subflow' one is typically for a client should help the user knowing in
which context which flag should be picked.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
---
 man/man8/ip-mptcp.8 | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8 b/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8
index 89fcb64f..2b693564 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ is a unique numeric identifier for the given endpoint
 .TP
 .BR signal
 The endpoint will be announced/signaled to each peer via an MPTCP ADD_ADDR
-sub-option. Upon reception of an ADD_ADDR sub-option, the peer can try to
+sub-option. Typically, a server would be responsible for this. Upon reception of
+an ADD_ADDR sub-option, the other peer, typically the client side, can try to
 create additional subflows, see
 .BR ADD_ADDR_ACCEPTED_NR.
 
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ create additional subflows, see
 .BR subflow
 If additional subflow creation is allowed by the MPTCP limits, the MPTCP
 path manager will try to create an additional subflow using this endpoint
-as the source address after the MPTCP connection is established.
+as the source address after the MPTCP connection is established. A client would
+typically do this.
 
 .TP
 .BR backup

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