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diff --git a/doc/zmq_tcp.txt b/doc/zmq_tcp.txt
index 1713eb4..2264d75 100644
--- a/doc/zmq_tcp.txt
+++ b/doc/zmq_tcp.txt
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ colon and the TCP port number to use.
An 'interface' may be specified by either of the following:
-* The interface name as defined by the operating system.
+* The wildcard `*`, meaning all available interfaces.
* The primary IPv4 address assigned to the interface, in its numeric
representation.
-* The wildcard `*`, meaning that the interface address is unspecified.
+* The interface name as defined by the operating system.
NOTE: Interface names are not standardised in any way and should be assumed to
be arbitrary and platform dependent. On Win32 platforms no short interface
@@ -124,15 +124,15 @@ EXAMPLES
--------
.Assigning a local address to a socket
----
+/* TCP port 5555 on all available interfaces */
+rc = zmq_bind(socket, "tcp://*:5555");
+assert (rc == 0);
/* TCP port 5555 on the local loopback interface on all platforms */
rc = zmq_bind(socket, "tcp://127.0.0.1:5555");
assert (rc == 0);
/* TCP port 5555 on the first ethernet network interface on Linux */
rc = zmq_bind(socket, "tcp://eth0:5555");
assert (rc == 0);
-/* TCP port 5555 with an unspecified interface */
-rc = zmq_bind(socket, "tcp://*:5555");
-assert (rc == 0);
----
.Connecting a socket