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+# DHCP Lease Monitor for OpenBSD (written in Rust)
+
+This is a daemon that monitors any lease changes for the specified
+interfaces. When a change happens it then calls a script located
+in /etc/dhcpleasemon. The script name should be:
+
+    lease_trigger_<interface>
+
+The script has access to the following environment variables:
+
+* `$DHCP_IFACE` -- interface name
+* `$DHCP_IP_ROUTE` -- default route for the interface
+* `$DHCP_IP_ADDR` -- IP address from the lease
+
+