From 490db87ce6f22ff13a266f95cbef33e3f59c31aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Limoncelli <tlimoncelli@stackoverflow.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:16:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] DOCS: Clarify IPv6 variables are strings (#1775)

Co-authored-by: Jeffrey Cafferata <jeffrey@jcid.nl>
---
 docs/_functions/global/IP.md | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 docs/examples.md             |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/_functions/global/IP.md b/docs/_functions/global/IP.md
index 5f0dbe944..aa79cd6ab 100644
--- a/docs/_functions/global/IP.md
+++ b/docs/_functions/global/IP.md
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ parameters:
 
 Converts an IPv4 address from string to an integer. This allows performing mathematical operations with the IP address.
 
-This does not accept IPv6 addresses. (PRs gladly accepted.)
-
 {% capture example %}
 ```js
 var addrA = IP('1.2.3.4')
@@ -17,3 +15,18 @@ var addrB = addrA + 1
 {% endcapture %}
 
 {% include example.html content=example %}
+
+NOTE: `IP()` does not accept IPv6 addresses (PRs gladly accepted!). IPv6 addresses are simply strings:
+
+{% capture example2 %}
+```js
+// IPv4 Var
+var addrA1 = IP("1.2.3.4");
+var addrA2 = "1.2.3.4";
+
+// IPv6 Var
+var addrAAAA = "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0";
+```
+{% endcapture %}
+
+{% include example.html content=example2 %}
diff --git a/docs/examples.md b/docs/examples.md
index 27bee9bd6..7dfb7e6d7 100644
--- a/docs/examples.md
+++ b/docs/examples.md
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ D('example.com', REG, DnsProvider('R53'),
 )
 ```
 
+NOTE: The `IP()` function doesn't currently support IPv6 (PRs welcome!).  IPv6 addresses are strings.
+
+```js
+var addrAAAA = "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0";
+```
+
 ## Variables to swap active Data Center
 
 ```js