diff --git a/Shorewall/macro.template b/Shorewall/macro.template
index d9d81e9e6..a984ddec2 100644
--- a/Shorewall/macro.template
+++ b/Shorewall/macro.template
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # Columns are:
 #
 #	ACTION		ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, DNAT, DNAT-, REDIRECT, CONTINUE,
-#			LOG, or QUEUE.
+#			LOG, QUEUE, PARAM or an <action> name.
 #
 #				ACCEPT	 -- allow the connection request
 #				ACCEPT+	 -- like ACCEPT but also excludes the
@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@
 #				QUEUE	 -- Queue the packet to a user-space
 #					    application such as ftwall
 #					    (http://p2pwall.sf.net).
+#				PARAM	 -- If you code PARAM as the action in
+#					    a macro then when you invoke the
+#					    macro, you can include the name of
+#					    the macro followed by a slash ("/")
+#					    and an ACTION (either builtin or
+#					    user-defined. All instances of
+#					    PARAM in the body of the macro will
+#					    be replaced with the ACTION.
+#				<action> -- The name of an action defined in
+#					    /usr/share/shorewall/actions.std or
+#					    in /etc/shorewall/actions.
 #
 #			The ACTION may optionally be followed
 #			by ":" and a syslog log level (e.g, REJECT:info or
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index ebd2c98c7..3356978aa 100755
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ New Features in Shorewall 2.5.*
       macro are substituted in the corresponding column in each rule in
       the macro. The first three columns get special treatment:
 
-      TARGET	 If you code PARAM as the target in a macro then
+      ACTION	 If you code PARAM as the action in a macro then
 		 when you invoke the macro, you can include the
 		 name of the macro followed by a slash ("/") and
 		 an ACTION (either builtin or user-defined. All
 		 instances of PARAM in the body of the macro will be
 		 replaced with the ACTION.
 
-		 Any logging applied when the action is invoked is
+		 Any logging applied when the macro is invoked is
 		 applied following the same rules as for actions.
 
       SOURCE and