<varlistentry>
<term><option>host</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The hostname of the machine running
- <command>nbd-server</command>.</para>
+ <para>The hostname or IP address of the machine running
+ <command>nbd-server</command>. Since 2.9.15, the NBD
+ utilities support IPv6.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>