diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcclasses.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcclasses.xml
index e79e601d0..41843ea91 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcclasses.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcclasses.xml
@@ -249,15 +249,30 @@
           </blockquote>
 
           <para>For both HTB and HFSC, the <emphasis>priority</emphasis> is
-          used to calculate the priority of Shorewall-generated classification
-          filters that refer to the class. The rules for classes with lower
-          numeric priorities will appear before those with higher numeric
-          priorities.</para>
+          used to calculate the priority of following Shorewall-generated
+          classification filters that refer to the class:</para>
 
-          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.8, the PRIORITY may be omitted,
-          providing that a priority is specified in the MARK column and with
-          the <emphasis role="bold">tcp-ack</emphasis> and <emphasis
-          role="bold">tos</emphasis> options.</para>
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Packet MARK</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para><emphasis role="bold">tcp-ack</emphasis> and the <emphasis
+              role="bold">tos</emphasis> options (see below)</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+
+          <para> The rules for classes with lower numeric priorities will
+          appear before those with higher numeric priorities. </para>
+
+          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.8, the PRIORITY may be omitted
+          from an HFSC class if you do not use the MARK column or the
+          <emphasis role="bold">tcp-ack</emphasis> or <emphasis
+          role="bold">tos</emphasis> options. If you use any of those features
+          and omit the PRIORITY, then you must specify a
+          <replaceable>priority</replaceable> along with the MARK or
+          option.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -317,7 +332,7 @@
                 <para>Aliases for the following TOS octet value and mask
                 encodings. TOS encodings of the "TOS byte" have been
                 deprecated in favor of diffserve classes, but programs like
-                ssh, rlogin, and ftp still use them. </para>
+                ssh, rlogin, and ftp still use them.</para>
 
                 <para>Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.8, the
                 <replaceable>tos-name</replaceable> may be followed by a colon
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcdevices.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcdevices.xml
index 36b1f8583..965436117 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcdevices.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcdevices.xml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         <term><emphasis role="bold">OPTIONS</emphasis> - {<emphasis
         role="bold">-</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">{classify</emphasis>|<emphasis
-        role="bold">hfsc</emphasis>|<emphasis
+        role="bold">htb|hfsc</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">linklayer</emphasis>={<emphasis
         role="bold">ethernet</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">atm</emphasis>|<emphasis
@@ -197,11 +197,14 @@
           marks. You must do all classification using CLASSIFY rules in <ulink
           url="shorewall-tcrules.html">shorewall-tcrules</ulink>(5).</para>
 
+          <para><option>htb</option> - Use the <firstterm>Hierarchical Token
+          Bucket</firstterm> queuing discipline. This is the default.</para>
+
           <para><option>hfsc</option> - Shorewall normally uses the
-          <firstterm>Hierarchical Token Bucket</firstterm> queuing discipline.
-          When <option>hfsc</option> is specified, the <firstterm>Hierarchical
-          Fair Service Curves</firstterm> discipline is used instead (see
-          tc-hfsc (7)).</para>
+          Hierarchical Token Bucket queuing discipline. When
+          <option>hfsc</option> is specified, the <firstterm>Hierarchical Fair
+          Service Curves</firstterm> discipline is used instead (see tc-hfsc
+          (7)).</para>
 
           <para><emphasis role="bold">linklayer</emphasis> - Added in
           Shorewall 4.5.6. Type of link (ethernet, atm, adsl). When specified,
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcfilters.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcfilters.xml
index d43d23ffa..912e81468 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcfilters.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcfilters.xml
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Added in Shorewall 4.5.8. Specifies the rule
-          <replaceable>priority</replaceable>. If not given,
-          <replaceable>priority</replaceable> 10 is assumed. The
+          <replaceable>priority</replaceable>. The
           <replaceable>priority</replaceable> value must be &gt; 0 and &lt;=
           65535.</para>
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcclasses.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcclasses.xml
index a1220d1f2..615ab58f5 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcclasses.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcclasses.xml
@@ -246,16 +246,30 @@
           </blockquote>
 
           <para>For both HTB and HFSC, the <emphasis>priority</emphasis> is
-          used to calculate the priority of Shorewall-generated classification
-          filters that refer to the class. The rules for classes with lower
-          numeric priorities will appear before those with higher numeric
-          priorities.</para>
+          used to calculate the priority of following Shorewall-generated
+          classification filters that refer to the class:</para>
 
-          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.8, the PRIORITY may be omitted,
-          providing that a <replaceable>priority</replaceable> is specified in
-          the MARK column and with the <emphasis
-          role="bold">tcp-ack</emphasis> and <emphasis
-          role="bold">tos</emphasis> options.</para>
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Packet MARK</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para><emphasis role="bold">tcp-ack</emphasis> and the <emphasis
+              role="bold">tos</emphasis> options (see below)</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+
+          <para>The rules for classes with lower numeric priorities will
+          appear before those with higher numeric priorities.</para>
+
+          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.8, the PRIORITY may be omitted
+          from an HFSC class if you do not use the MARK column or the
+          <emphasis role="bold">tcp-ack</emphasis> or <emphasis
+          role="bold">tos</emphasis> options. If you use those features and
+          omit the PRIORITY, then you must specify a
+          <replaceable>priority</replaceable> along with the MARK or
+          option.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcdevices.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcdevices.xml
index 3dc2584a0..613ebd905 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcdevices.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcdevices.xml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis role="bold">OPTIONS</emphasis> - {<emphasis
         role="bold">-</emphasis>|<emphasis
-        role="bold">{classify</emphasis>|<emphasis
+        role="bold">{classify</emphasis>|htb|<emphasis
         role="bold">hfsc</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">linklayer</emphasis>={<emphasis
         role="bold">ethernet</emphasis>|<emphasis
@@ -198,11 +198,14 @@
           marks. You must do all classification using CLASSIFY rules in <ulink
           url="shorewall-tcrules.html">shorewall-tcrules</ulink>(5).</para>
 
+          <para><option>htb</option> - Use the <firstterm>Hierarchical Token
+          Bucket</firstterm> queuing discipline. This is the default.</para>
+
           <para><option>hfsc</option> - Shorewall normally uses the
-          <firstterm>Hierarchical Token Bucket</firstterm> queuing discipline.
-          When <option>hfsc</option> is specified, the <firstterm>Hierarchical
-          Fair Service Curves</firstterm> discipline is used instead(see
-          tc-hfsc (7)).</para>
+          Hierarchical Token Bucket queuing discipline. When
+          <option>hfsc</option> is specified, the <firstterm>Hierarchical Fair
+          Service Curves</firstterm> discipline is used instead(see tc-hfsc
+          (7)).</para>
 
           <para><emphasis role="bold">linklayer</emphasis> - Added in
           Shorewall 4.5.6. Type of link (ethernet, atm, adsl). When specified,
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcfilters.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcfilters.xml
index 10dd4dc3e..ed03945cd 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcfilters.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcfilters.xml
@@ -191,9 +191,8 @@
         role="bold">-</emphasis>|<emphasis>number</emphasis>]</term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Added in Shorewall 4.5.8. Specifies the rule priority. If not
-          given, priority 11 is assumed. The priority value must be &gt; 0 and
-          &lt;= 65535.</para>
+          <para>Added in Shorewall 4.5.8. Specifies the rule priority. The
+          priority value must be &gt; 0 and &lt;= 65535.</para>
 
           <para>When a <replaceable>priority</replaceable> is not
           given:</para>