-that attach to them. It modifies \fIconfig\fR and forces
-\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to reload its configuration file.
+that attach to them.
+.PP
+The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
+\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration
+is retrieved. It takes one of the following forms:
+.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.