diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index 5edeb1cdd1ec..fe29f08947c6 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ Don't ask for confirmation for commands that can cause problems if misused
 .Ar Note ,
 if there is no tty associated with the process, this is implied.
 .It Fl q
-While adding or flushing, be quiet about actions (implies '-f').  This is
-useful for adjusting rules by executing multiple ipfw commands in a script
-(e.g. sh /etc/rc.firewall), or by processing a file of many ipfw rules,
+While adding, zeroing or flushing, be quiet about actions (implies '-f'). 
+This is useful for adjusting rules by executing multiple ipfw commands in a
+script (e.g. sh /etc/rc.firewall), or by processing a file of many ipfw rules,
 across a remote login session.  If a flush is performed in normal
 (verbose) mode (with the default kernel configuration), it prints a message.
 Because all rules are flushed, the