diff --git a/docs/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml b/docs/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml
index cac57573f..99cec08d3 100644
--- a/docs/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml
+++ b/docs/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml
@@ -652,9 +652,10 @@
firewall stop
- Only traffic to/from hosts listed in /etc/shorewall/hosts
- is passed to/from/through the firewall. If ADMINISABSENTMINDED=Yes
- in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf then in addition, all existing
+ Only traffic to/from hosts listed in
+ /etc/shorewall/routestopped is passed to/from/through the
+ firewall. If ADMINISABSENTMINDED=Yes in
+ /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf then in addition, all existing
connections are retained and all connection requests from the
firewall are accepted.