diff --git a/manpages/shorewall-blacklist.xml b/manpages/shorewall-blacklist.xml
index 308d88930..98d2ce809 100644
--- a/manpages/shorewall-blacklist.xml
+++ b/manpages/shorewall-blacklist.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
 
     <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><emphasis role="bold">ADDRESS/SUBNET</emphasis></term>
+        <term><emphasis role="bold">ADDRESS/SUBNET</emphasis> — {<emphasis
+        role="bold">-</emphasis>|<emphasis
+        role="bold">~</emphasis><emphasis>mac-address</emphasis>|<emphasis>ip-address</emphasis>|<emphasis>address-range</emphasis>|<emphasis
+        role="bold">+</emphasis><emphasis>ipset</emphasis>}</term>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Host address, network address, MAC address, IP address range
@@ -47,7 +50,9 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><emphasis role="bold">PROTOCOL</emphasis> (Optional)</term>
+        <term><emphasis role="bold">PROTOCOL</emphasis> (Optional) —
+        {<emphasis
+        role="bold">-</emphasis>|<emphasis>protocol-number</emphasis>|<emphasis>protocol-name</emphasis>}</term>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>If specified, must be a protocol number or a protocol name
@@ -56,7 +61,8 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><emphasis role="bold">PORTS</emphasis> (Optional)</term>
+        <term><emphasis role="bold">PORTS</emphasis> (Optional) — {<emphasis
+        role="bold">-</emphasis>|<emphasis>port-name-or-number</emphasis>[,<emphasis>port-name-or-number</emphasis>]...}</term>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>May only be specified if the protocol is TCP (6) or UDP (17).