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diff --git a/docs/configuration/interfaces/wireguard.rst b/docs/configuration/interfaces/wireguard.rst
index 1c4b734c..50fffcf8 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/interfaces/wireguard.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration/interfaces/wireguard.rst
@@ -169,15 +169,17 @@ traffic.
WireGuard peers. This a design decision. For more information please
check the `WireGuard mailing list`_.
-.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireguard <interface> private-key <name>
+.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireguard <interface> private-key <private-key>
- To use a named key on an interface, the option private-key needs to be set.
+ Associates the previously generated private key to a specific WireGuard
+ interface. The private key can be generate via the command
+ :opcmd:`generate pki wireguard key-pair`.
.. code-block:: none
- set interfaces wireguard wg01 private-key KP01
+ set interfaces wireguard wg01 private-key 'iJJyEARGK52Ls1GYRCcFvPuTj7WyWYDo//BknoDU0XY='
- The command :opcmd:`show wireguard keypairs pubkey KP01` will then show the
+ The command :opcmd:`show interfaces wireguard wg01 public-key` will then show the
public key, which needs to be shared with the peer.
**remote side - commands**
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ traffic.
set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer to-wg01 allowed-ips '192.168.1.0/24'
set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer to-wg01 address '192.0.2.2'
set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer to-wg01 port '51820'
- set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer to-wg01 public-key 'u41jO3OF73Gq1WARMMFG7tOfk7+r8o8AzPxJ1FZRhzk='
+ set interfaces wireguard wg01 peer to-wg01 public-key 'EKY0dxRrSD98QHjfHOK13mZ5PJ7hnddRZt5woB3szyw='
set interfaces wireguard wg01 port '51820'
set protocols static route 192.168.1.0/24 interface wg01
@@ -262,7 +264,12 @@ With WireGuard, a Road Warrior VPN config is similar to a site-to-site
VPN. It just lacks the ``address`` and ``port`` statements.
In the following example, the IPs for the remote clients are defined in
-the peers. This allows the peers to interact with one another.
+the peers. This allows the peers to interact with one another. In
+comparison to the site-to-site example the ``persistent-keepalive``
+flag is set to 15 seconds to assure the connection is kept alive.
+This is mainly relevant if one of the peers is behind NAT and can't
+be connected to if the connection is lost. To be effective this
+value needs to be lower than the UDP timeout.
.. code-block:: none