The -i flag doesn't appear to do what the man page suggests. Correcting the source is above my paygrade, but the man page isn't.

Index: tcpdump.8
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump.8,v
retrieving revision 1.88
diff -u -p -u -r1.88 tcpdump.8
--- tcpdump.8    5 Nov 2015 09:56:21 -0000    1.88
+++ tcpdump.8    10 Apr 2016 02:44:27 -0000
@@ -121,13 +121,6 @@ Print the interface on each dump line.
 .It Fl i Ar interface
 Listen on
 .Ar interface .
-If unspecified,
-.Nm
-searches the system interface list for the lowest numbered, configured
-.Dq up
-interface
-.Pq excluding loopback .
-Ties are broken by choosing the earliest match.
 .It Fl L
 List the supported data link types for the interface and exit.
 .It Fl l

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