diff --git a/Shorewall6/shorewall6 b/Shorewall6/shorewall6
index 368265f0b..15ba4870d 100755
--- a/Shorewall6/shorewall6
+++ b/Shorewall6/shorewall6
@@ -445,11 +445,6 @@ start_command() {
 			    FAST=Yes
 			    option=${option#f}
 			    ;;
-			p*)
-			    [ -n "$(which conntrack)" ] || fatal_error "The '-p' option requires the conntrack utility which does not appear to be installed on this system"
-			    PURGE=Yes
-			    option=${option%p}
-			    ;;
 			*)
 			    usage 1
 			    ;;
@@ -1381,11 +1376,11 @@ usage() # $1 = exit status
     echo "   reject <address> ..."
     echo "   reload [ -s ] [ -c ] [ -r <root user> ] [ <directory> ] <system>"
     echo "   reset [ <chain> ... ]"
-    echo "   restart [ -n ] [ -p ] [ -f ] [ <directory> ]"
+    echo "   restart [ -n ] [ -f ] [ <directory> ]"
     echo "   restore [ -n ] [ <file name> ]"
     echo "   save [ <file name> ]"
     echo "   show [ -x ] [ -m ] [-f] [ -t {filter|mangle} ] [ {chain [<chain> [ <chain> ... ]|actions|capabilities|classifiers|config|connections|filters|ip|log|macros|mangle|nat|raw|routing|tc|vardir|zones} ]"
-    echo "   start [ -f ] [ -n ] [ -p ] [ <directory> ]"
+    echo "   start [ -f ] [ -n ] [ <directory> ]"
     echo "   stop [ -f ]"
     echo "   status"
     echo "   try <directory> [ <timeout> ]"
diff --git a/manpages/shorewall.xml b/manpages/shorewall.xml
index 749264e74..6c9feff4a 100644
--- a/manpages/shorewall.xml
+++ b/manpages/shorewall.xml
@@ -683,13 +683,12 @@
           -f capabilities &gt; capabilities</emphasis> on a system with
           Shorewall Lite installed.</para>
 
-          <para>The <option>-d</option> option only works when the compiler is
-          Shorewall-perl. It causes the compiler to be run under control of
-          the Perl debugger.</para>
+          <para>The <option>-d</option> option causes the compiler to be run
+          under control of the Perl debugger.</para>
 
-          <para>The <option>-p</option> option only works when the compiler is
-          Shorewall-perl. It causes the compiler to be profiled via the Perl
-          <option>-wd:DProf</option> command-line option.</para>
+          <para>The <option>-p</option> option causes the compiler to be
+          profiled via the Perl <option>-wd:DProf</option> command-line
+          option.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -741,9 +740,9 @@
           Shorewall-perl. It causes the compiler to be run under control of
           the Perl debugger.</para>
 
-          <para>The <option>-p</option> option only works when the compiler is
-          Shorewall-perl. It causes the compiler to be profiled via the Perl
-          <option>-wd:DProf</option> command-line option.</para>
+          <para>The <option>-p</option> option causes the compiler to be
+          profiled via the Perl <option>-wd:DProf</option> command-line
+          option.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -979,24 +978,14 @@
         <term><emphasis role="bold">refresh</emphasis></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Shorewall-shell: The rules involving the the black list, ECN
-          control rules, and traffic shaping are recreated to reflect any
-          changes made to your configuration files. Existing connections are
-          untouched.</para>
-
-          <para>Shorewall-perl: All steps performed by
-          <command>restart</command> are performed by
-          <command>refresh</command> with the exception that
+          <para>All steps performed by <command>restart</command> are
+          performed by <command>refresh</command> with the exception that
           <command>refresh</command> only recreates the chains specified in
           the command while <command>restart</command> recreates the entire
           Netfilter ruleset. If no <replaceable>chain</replaceable> is given,
           the static blacklisting chain <emphasis
           role="bold">blacklst</emphasis> is assumed.</para>
 
-          <para><emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: Specifying chains in
-          the command requires Shorewall-perl 4.0.3 or later. Earlier versions
-          only refresh the blacklst chain</para>
-
           <para>The listed chains are assumed to be in the filter table. You
           can refresh chains in other tables by prefixing the chain name with
           the table name followed by ":" (e.g., nat:net_dnat). Chain names
diff --git a/manpages6/shorewall6.xml b/manpages6/shorewall6.xml
index e1b3b539e..c93293117 100644
--- a/manpages6/shorewall6.xml
+++ b/manpages6/shorewall6.xml
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@
 
       <arg><option>-d</option></arg>
 
-      <arg><option>-p</option></arg>
-
       <arg><replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
 
       <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>pathname</replaceable></arg>
@@ -298,8 +296,6 @@
 
       <arg><option>-n</option></arg>
 
-      <arg><option>-p</option></arg>
-
       <arg><option>-f</option></arg>
 
       <arg><replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
@@ -330,8 +326,6 @@
 
       <arg><option>-d</option></arg>
 
-      <arg><option>-p</option></arg>
-
       <arg><replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
     </cmdsynopsis>
 
@@ -346,8 +340,6 @@
 
       <arg><option>-d</option></arg>
 
-      <arg><option>-p</option></arg>
-
       <arg><replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
     </cmdsynopsis>
 
@@ -905,10 +897,6 @@
           <para>The <option>-n</option> option causes Shorewall6 to avoid
           updating the routing table(s).</para>
 
-          <para>The <option>-p</option> option causes the connection tracking
-          table to be flushed; the <command>conntrack</command> utility must
-          be installed to use this option.</para>
-
           <para>The <option>-f</option> option suppresses the compilation step
           and simply reused the compiled script which last started/restarted
           Shorewall6.</para>
@@ -1146,10 +1134,6 @@
 
           <para>The <option>-n</option> option causes Shorewall6 to avoid
           updating the routing table(s).</para>
-
-          <para>The <option>-p</option> option causes the connection tracking
-          table to be flushed; the <command>conntrack</command> utility must
-          be installed to use this option.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>