-format, so we output them with no abbreviation. However, we can't use the
-normal colon separator in them because it terminates keys in lsearch files, so
-use dot instead.
+format, so we output them with no abbreviation. In a number of cases we can't
+use the normal colon separator in them because it terminates keys in lsearch
+files, so we want to use dot instead. There's an argument that specifies what
+to use for IPv6 addresses.