Allow 'ip addr flush' to loop more than 10 times

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diff --git a/man/man8/ip.8 b/man/man8/ip.8
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@@ -735,6 +735,12 @@ output more information.  If the option
 appears twice or more, the amount of information increases.
 As a rule, the information is statistics or some time values.
 
+.TP
+.BR "\-l" , " \-loops"
+Specify maximum number of loops the 'ip addr flush' logic
+will attempt before giving up.  The default is 10.
+Zero (0) means loop until all addresses are removed.
+
 .TP
 .BR "\-f" , " \-family"
 followed by protocol family identifier: