-address is always in numeric dotted-quad form, and the port is given as
-a plain number. On input, DNS hostnames and symbolic port names are
-permitted; if omitted, the default port 4070 is used. Name resolution
-does not block the main server, but will block the requesting client,
-unless the command is run in the background.
+.I address
+is always in numeric dotted-quad form, and the
+.I port
+is given as a plain decimal number. On input, DNS hostnames and
+symbolic port names are permitted; if omitted, the default port 4070 is
+used.
+.TP
+.BI "INET6 " address " \fR[" port \fR]
+An Internet socket, naming an IPv6 address and UDP port. On output, the
+.I address
+is always in numeric hex-and-colons form, and the
+.I port
+is given as a plain decimal number. On input, DNS hostnames and
+symbolic port names may be permitted, depending on how
+.B tripe
+was compiled; if omitted, the default port 4070 is used.