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diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml
index 9ab750e560..d9b36a1e09 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml
+++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ parent).</p>
<funcs>
<func>
-<name>Mod:start({Type, Ref}, Svc, Opts)
+<name>Mod:start({Type, Ref}, Svc, Config)
-> {ok, Pid} | {ok, Pid, LAddrs} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Start a transport process.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = connect | accept</v>
<v>Ref = <seealso marker="diameter#transport_ref">diameter:transport_ref()</seealso></v>
<v>Svc = #diameter_service{}</v>
-<v>Opts = term()</v>
+<v>Config = term()</v>
<v>Pid = pid()</v>
<v>LAddrs = [<seealso marker="kernel:inet#type-ip_address">inet:ip_address()</seealso>]</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
@@ -75,38 +75,46 @@ order to establish or accept a transport connection respectively.
A transport process maintains a connection with a single remote peer.</p>
<p>
-The first argument indicates whether the transport process in question
+<c>Type</c> indicates whether the transport process in question
is being started for a connecting (<c>connect</c>) or listening
(<c>accept</c>) transport.
In the latter case, transport processes are started as required to
-accept connections from multiple peers.
-Ref is in each case the same value that was returned from the
-call to <seealso
-marker="diameter#add_transport">diameter:add_transport/2</seealso>
-that has lead to starting of a transport process.</p>
+accept connections from multiple peers.</p>
<p>
-A transport process must implement the message interface documented below.
-It should retain the pid of its parent, monitor the parent and terminate if
-it dies.
-It should not link to the parent.
-It should exit if its transport connection with its peer is lost.</p>
+Ref is the value that was returned from the call to <seealso
+marker="diameter#add_transport">diameter:add_transport/2</seealso>
+that has lead to starting of a transport process.</p>
<p>
-The capabilities in the <c>#diameter_service{}</c> record are as
-passed to <seealso
+<c>Svc</c> contains the capabilities passed to <seealso
marker="diameter#start_service">diameter:start_service/2</seealso> and
<seealso
marker="diameter#add_transport">diameter:add_transport/2</seealso>,
-values passed to the latter overriding those passed to the former.
+values passed to the latter overriding those passed to the former.</p>
+
+<p>
+<c>Config</c> is as passed in <c>transport_config</c> tuple in the
+<seealso marker="diameter#transport_opt">diameter:transport_opt()</seealso>
+list passed to <seealso
+marker="diameter#add_transport">diameter:add_transport/2</seealso>.</p>
+
+<p>
The start function should use the <c>Host-IP-Address</c> list and/or
-<c>Opts</c> to select an appropriate list of local IP addresses,
+<c>Config</c> to select an appropriate list of local IP addresses,
and should return this list if different from the
<c>#diameter_service{}</c> addresses.
The returned list is used to populate <c>Host-IP-Address</c> AVPs in
outgoing capabilities exchange messages, the
<c>#diameter_service{}</c> addresses being used otherwise.</p>
+<p>
+A transport process must implement the message interface documented below.
+It should retain the pid of its parent, monitor the parent and terminate if
+it dies.
+It should not link to the parent.
+It should exit if its transport connection with its peer is lost.</p>
+
<marker id="MESSAGES"/>
</desc>
</func>