diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index d2a17ffc9..b51d0783f 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -5190,7 +5190,7 @@ sub do_time( $ ) {
 	    $result .= "--monthday $days ";
 	} elsif ( $element =~ /^(datestart|datestop)=(\d{4}(-\d{2}(-\d{2}(T\d{1,2}(:\d{1,2}){0,2})?)?)?)$/ ) {
 	    $result .= "--$1 $2 ";
-	} elsif ( $element =~ /^(utc|localtz|kerneltz)$/ ) {
+	} elsif ( $element =~ /^(utc|localtz|kerneltz|contiguous)$/ ) {
 	    $result .= "--$1 ";
 	} else {
 	    fatal_error "Invalid time element ($element)";
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-mangle.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-mangle.xml
index ccf2b10fb..c5df54f9f 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-mangle.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-mangle.xml
@@ -1255,6 +1255,17 @@ Normal-Service       =&gt; 0x00</programlisting>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term>contiguous</term>
+
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Added in Shoreawll 5.0.12. When <emphasis
+                role="bold">timestop</emphasis> is smaller than <emphasis
+                role="bold">timestart</emphasis> value, match this as a single
+                time period instead distinct intervals.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
             <varlistentry>
               <term>utc</term>
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
index 8312cac7c..9128a7db6 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
@@ -595,8 +595,7 @@
                 <para>Added in Shorewall 4.5.9.3. Queues matching packets to a
                 back end logging daemon via a netlink socket then continues to
                 the next rule. See <ulink
-                url="/shorewall.logging.html">http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.html</ulink>.
-                </para>
+                url="/shorewall.logging.html">http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.html</ulink>.</para>
 
                 <para>The <replaceable>nflog-parameters</replaceable> are a
                 comma-separated list of up to 3 numbers:</para>
@@ -1683,6 +1682,17 @@
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term>contiguous</term>
+
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Added in Shoreawll 5.0.12. When <emphasis
+                role="bold">timestop</emphasis> is smaller than <emphasis
+                role="bold">timestart</emphasis> value, match this as a single
+                time period instead distinct intervals.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
             <varlistentry>
               <term>utc</term>
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-mangle.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-mangle.xml
index 2cc852858..07d198173 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-mangle.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-mangle.xml
@@ -1331,6 +1331,17 @@ Normal-Service       =&gt; 0x00</programlisting>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term>contiguous</term>
+
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Added in Shoreawll 5.0.12. When <emphasis
+                role="bold">timestop</emphasis> is smaller than <emphasis
+                role="bold">timestart</emphasis> value, match this as a single
+                time period instead distinct intervals.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
             <varlistentry>
               <term>utc</term>
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-rules.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-rules.xml
index e6a35ba56..c09dd6f9e 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-rules.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-rules.xml
@@ -1547,6 +1547,17 @@
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term>contiguous</term>
+
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Added in Shoreawll 5.0.12. When <emphasis
+                role="bold">timestop</emphasis> is smaller than <emphasis
+                role="bold">timestart</emphasis> value, match this as a single
+                time period instead distinct intervals.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
             <varlistentry>
               <term>utc</term>