From 8a6390613225ec3f3e2d5bbf537d2e0737342e87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Larsson <lukas@erlang-solutions.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:46:37 +0200
Subject: kernel: When doing an fdopen we now also bind the fd to the specified
 addr/port

---
 lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src')

diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
index 11a0843c10..3ab459d4ed 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) ->
           <item>
             <p>If a socket has somehow been connected without using
               <c>gen_tcp</c>, use this option to pass the file
-              descriptor for it.</p>
+              descriptor for it. If <c>{ip, ip_address()}</c>
+              and/or <c>{port, port_number()}</c> is combined with
+              this option the fd will be bound to the given interface
+              and port before connecting. If these options are not given
+              it is assumed that the fd is already bound appropriately.
+            </p>
           </item>
 
           <tag><c>inet</c></tag>
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