From c8645075e36e92c6ca091c39a44003a260da6c8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lzwind <100665065+lzwind@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:27:45 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] network: fix ambiguous "without mode" wording in docs
 (#42428)

- In `systemd.network.xml`, replaced `"without mode"` with `"without static"`
to clarify that if an IPv6 address is specified without the explicit keyword
`static`, then `static` mode is assumed.
- The original wording was ambiguous because "mode" appears multiple
times in the surrounding context (referring to IPv6 link-local address
modes like `eui64`, `static`, etc.).

Fixes: #39754
---
 man/systemd.network.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index dc97e17838..971dce73fc 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -3517,7 +3517,7 @@ MultiPathRoute=2001:db8::1@eth0</programlisting>
                   generated by using the EUI-64 algorithm. Because the interface identifier is static,
                   if Duplicate Address Detection detects that the computed address is a duplicate
                   (in use by another node on the link), then this mode will fail to provide an address
-                  for that prefix. If an IPv6 address without mode is specified, then
+                  for that prefix. If an IPv6 address without <literal>static</literal> is specified, then
                   <literal>static</literal> mode is assumed.
                 </para>