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-rw-r--r--iptables/iptables-restore.8.in9
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diff --git a/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in b/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
index 4ad7a52f..7a286b91 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables-restore.8.in
@@ -24,17 +24,18 @@ iptables-restore \(em Restore IP Tables
ip6tables-restore \(em Restore IPv6 Tables
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBiptables\-restore\fP [\fB\-chntv\fP] [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP]
-[\fB\-T\fP \fIname\fP]
+[\fB\-T\fP \fIname\fP] [\fBfile\fP]
.P
\fBip6tables\-restore\fP [\fB\-chntv\fP] [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP]
-[\fB\-T\fP \fIname\fP]
+[\fB\-T\fP \fIname\fP] [\fBfile\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B iptables-restore
and
.B ip6tables-restore
-are used to restore IP and IPv6 Tables from data specified on STDIN. Use
-I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file
+are used to restore IP and IPv6 Tables from data specified on STDIN or in
+\fIfile\fP. Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file or
+specify \fIfile\fP as an argument.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-counters\fR
restore the values of all packet and byte counters