diff --git a/Shorewall/firewall b/Shorewall/firewall
index a58d5af65..b008b043d 100755
--- a/Shorewall/firewall
+++ b/Shorewall/firewall
@@ -2257,6 +2257,8 @@ process_rule() # $1 = target
 
     # Convert 1.3 Rule formats to 1.2 format
 
+    [ "x$address" = "x-" ] && address=
+
     case $target in
     DNAT)
 	target=ACCEPT
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 6ac6c1a26..2291b2896 100755
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ New features include:
    traffic control rules during [re]start. This setting is intended
    for use by people that prefer to configure traffic shaping when
    the network interfaces come up rather than when the firewall
-   is started. By setting TC_ENABLED=Yes and CLEAR_TC=No and by
-   not supplying an /etc/shorewall/tcstart file, your traffic 
-   shaping rules can still use the 'fw' classifier based on packet
-   marking defined in /etc/shorewall/tcrules.
+   is started. If that is what you want to do, set TC_ENABLED=Yes and
+   CLEAR_TC=No and do not supply an /etc/shorewall/tcstart file. That
+   way, your traffic shaping rules can still use the 'fwmark'
+   classifier based on packet marking defined in /etc/shorewall/tcrules.