-.IP "\fB\-c \fIfile\fR"
-.IQ "\fB\-\-config=\fIfile\fR"
-Sets the configuration file that \fBovs\-vsctl\fR reads and possibly
-modifies. The default is \fB@localstatedir@/ovs\-vswitchd.conf\fR.
-.IP
-If \fIfile\fR is specified as \fB\-\fR, then \fBovs\-vsctl\fR reads
-the configuration file from standard input and, for commands that
-modify the configuration, writes the new one to standard output. This
-is useful for testing but it should not be used in production because
-it bypasses the Open vSwitch configuration file locking protocol.
-.
-.IP "\fB\-t \fItarget\fR"
-.IQ "\fB\-\-target=\fItarget\fR"
-Configures how \fBovs\-vsctl\fR contacts \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to
-instruct it to reload its configuration file.
-.IP
-If \fItarget\fR begins with \fB/\fR it must name a Unix domain socket
-on which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is listening for control channel
-connections. By default, \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR listens on a Unix domain
-socket named \fB@RUNDIR@/ovs\-vswitchd.\fIpid\fB.ctl\fR, where
-\fIpid\fR is \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's process ID.
-.IP
-Otherwise, \fBovs\-appctl\fR looks for a pidfile, that is, a file
-whose contents are the process ID of a running process as a decimal
-number, named \fB@RUNDIR@/\fItarget\fB.pid\fR. (The \fB\-\-pidfile\fR
-option makes an Open vSwitch daemon create a pidfile.)
-\fBovs\-appctl\fR reads the pidfile, then looks for a Unix socket
-named \fB@RUNDIR@/\fItarget\fB.\fIpid\fB.ctl\fR, where \fIpid\fR is
-replaced by the process ID read from \fItarget\fR, and uses that file
-as if it had been specified directly as the target.
+.IP "\fB\-\-db=\fIserver\fR"
+Sets \fIserver\fR as the database server that \fBovs\-vsctl\fR
+contacts to query or modify configuration. The default is
+\fBunix:@RUNDIR@/ovsdb\-server\fR. \fIserver\fR must take one of the
+following forms:
+.RS
+.IP "\fBtcp:\fIip\fB:\fIport\fR"
+Connect to the given TCP \fIport\fR on \fIip\fR.
+.IP "\fBunix:\fIfile\fR"
+Connect to the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.
+.RE
+.IP "\fB\-\-no\-wait\fR"
+Prevents \fBovs\-vsctl\fR from waiting for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to
+reconfigure itself according to the the modified database. This
+option should be used if \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is not running;
+otherwise, \fBovs-vsctl\fR will not exit until \fBovs-vswitchd\fR
+starts.