diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5077a2faf8..0a92ca4010 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -457,9 +457,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 247 in spe:
discipline in the [FlowQueuePIE] sections.
* systemd-networkd's .netdev files may now be used to create "BareUDP"
- tunnels, configured in the new [BareUDP] setting. VXLAN tunnels may
- now be marked to be independent of any underlying network interface
- via the new Independent= boolean setting.
+ tunnels, configured in the new [BareUDP] setting.
* systemd-networkd's Gateway= setting in .network files now accepts the
special values "_dhcp4" and "_ipv6ra" to configure additional,
@@ -482,9 +480,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 247 in spe:
prefix will be announced through IPv6 router advertisement (IPv6 RA).
The setting is enabled by default.
- * systemd-networkd's .netdev files gained the Independent= boolean
- setting in [VXLAN] section. When enabled, the vxlan interface will be
- created without underlying interfaces. Defaults to false.
+ * VXLAN tunnels may now be marked as independent of any underlying
+ network interface via the new Independent= boolean setting.
* systemctl gained support for two new verbs: "service-log-level" and
"service-log-target" may be used on services that implement the
diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index fab5f0cdef..f8a5c6dc86 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -819,8 +819,9 @@
Independent=
- Takes a boolean. When true, the vxlan interface is created without underlying interfaces.
- Defaults to false.
+ Takes a boolean. When true, the vxlan interface is created without any underlying network
+ interface. Defaults to false, which means that a .network file that requests this tunnel using
+ Tunnel= is required for the tunnel to be created.
@@ -1277,9 +1278,10 @@
Independent=
- Takes a boolean. When true tunnel does not require .network file. Created as "tunnel@NONE".
- Defaults to false.
-
+ Takes a boolean. When false (the default), the tunnel is always created over some network
+ device, and a .network file that requests this tunnel using Tunnel= is required
+ for the tunnel to be created. When true, the tunnel is created independently of any network as
+ "tunnel@NONE".
@@ -1949,10 +1951,8 @@
Independent=
- Takes a boolean. If set to no, the xfrm interface should have an
- underlying device which can be used for hardware offloading. Defaults to no.
- See systemd.network5
- for how to configure the underlying device.
+ Takes a boolean. If false (the default), the xfrm interface must have an underlying device
+ which can be used for hardware offloading.