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diff --git a/doc/OpenTcp.3 b/doc/OpenTcp.3
index 4a7dc1e..a39f6f6 100644
--- a/doc/OpenTcp.3
+++ b/doc/OpenTcp.3
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
-Tcl_OpenTcpClient, Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel, Tcl_OpenTcpServer \- procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
+Tcl_OpenTcpClient, Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel, Tcl_OpenTcpServer, Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx \- procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h> \fR
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Tcl_Channel
Tcl_Channel
\fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR(\fIinterp, port, myaddr, proc, clientData\fR)
.sp
+Tcl_Channel
+\fBTcl_OpenTcpServerEx\fR(\fIinterp, port, myaddr, flags, proc, clientData\fR)
+.sp
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_TcpAcceptProc clientData
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@ for the local end of the connection. If NULL, a default interface is
chosen.
.AP int async in
If nonzero, the client socket is connected asynchronously to the server.
+.AP "unsigned int" flags in
+ORed combination of \fBTCL_TCPSERVER\fR flags that specify additional
+informations about the socket being created.
.AP ClientData sock in
Platform-specific handle for client TCP socket.
.AP Tcl_TcpAcceptProc *proc in
@@ -158,6 +164,11 @@ register it, use \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.
If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
previously closed, the act of creating the new channel also assigns it as a
replacement for the standard channel.
+.SS TCL_OPENTCPSERVEREX
+.PP
+\fBTcl_OpenTcpServerEx\fR behaviour is identical to \fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR but
+gives more flexibility to the user by providing a mean to further customize some
+aspects of the socket via the \fIflags\fR parameter.
.SH "PLATFORM ISSUES"
.PP
On Unix platforms, the socket handle is a Unix file descriptor as
diff --git a/doc/socket.n b/doc/socket.n
index 3efdb37..3d77bab 100644
--- a/doc/socket.n
+++ b/doc/socket.n
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ wildcard address so that it can accept connections from any
interface. If \fIaddr\fR is a domain name that resolves to multiple IP
addresses that are available on the local machine, the socket will
listen on all of them.
+.TP
+\fB\-reuseaddr\fI boolean\fR
+.
+Tells the kernel whether to reuse the local address if there's no active socket
+listening on it. This is the default on Windows.
+.TP
+\fB\-reuseport\fI boolean\fR
+.
+Tells the kernel whether to allow the binding of multiple sockets to the same
+socket address. This is the default on Windows.
.PP
Server channels cannot be used for input or output; their sole use is to
accept new client connections. The channels created for each incoming