diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
index 32dba15a7..67ce8f596 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
@@ -2573,7 +2573,7 @@ INLINE          -       -       -       ;; -j REJECT
           the <option>routeback</option> option.<footnote>
               <para>Hairpin packets are packets that are routed out of the
               same interface that they arrived on.</para>
-            </footnote> interfaces without the routeback option.</para>
+            </footnote></para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -2589,9 +2589,9 @@ INLINE          -       -       -       ;; -j REJECT
           the <option>routeback</option> option.<footnote>
               <para>Hairpin packets are packets that are routed out of the
               same interface that they arrived on.</para>
-            </footnote> interfaces without the routeback option. The default
-          is <option>info</option>. If you don't wish for these packets to be
-          logged, use SFILTER_LOG_LEVEL=none.</para>
+            </footnote> The default is <option>info</option>. If you don't
+          wish for these packets to be logged, use
+          SFILTER_LOG_LEVEL=none.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6.conf.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6.conf.xml
index 204e1aea0..aa9bdc6f9 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6.conf.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6.conf.xml
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ INLINE          -       -       -       ;; -j REJECT
           the <option>routeback</option> option.<footnote>
               <para>Hairpin packets are packets that are routed out of the
               same interface that they arrived on.</para>
-            </footnote> interfaces without the routeback option.</para>
+            </footnote></para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -2274,9 +2274,8 @@ INLINE          -       -       -       ;; -j REJECT
           the <option>routeback</option> option.<footnote>
               <para>Hairpin packets are packets that are routed out of the
               same interface that they arrived on.</para>
-            </footnote> interfaces without the routeback option. The default
-          is <option>info</option>. If you don't wish for these packets to be
-          logged, use SFILTER_LOG_LEVEL=none.</para>
+            </footnote>The default is <option>info</option>. If you don't wish
+          for these packets to be logged, use SFILTER_LOG_LEVEL=none.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>