diff --git a/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite b/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
index 66198b895..c27c17f76 100755
--- a/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
+++ b/Shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ restart_command() {
 #
 usage() # $1 = exit status
 {
-    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) [debug|trace] [nolock] [ -q ] [ -v ] [ -t ] <command>"
+    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) [debug|trace] [nolock] [ -q ] [ -v[-1|{0-2}] ] [ -t ] <command>"
     echo "where <command> is one of:"
     echo "   allow <address> ..."
     echo "   clear"
diff --git a/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml b/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
index 8898e5589..b2d625e17 100644
--- a/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
+++ b/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
@@ -734,6 +734,30 @@ net     all  DROP   info</programlisting>then the chain name is 'net2all'
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><emphasis
+        role="bold">LOG_VERBOSITY=</emphasis>[<emphasis>number</emphasis>]</term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This option controls the amount of information logged to the
+          file specified in the STARTUP_LOG option.</para>
+
+          <para>Values are:</para>
+
+          <simplelist>
+            <member>-1 — Logging is disabled</member>
+
+            <member>0 — Silent. Only error messages are logged.</member>
+
+            <member>1 — Major progress messages logged.</member>
+
+            <member>2 — All progress messages logged</member>
+          </simplelist>
+
+          <para>If not specified, then -1 is assumed.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis
         role="bold">LOGALLNEW=</emphasis>[<emphasis>log-level</emphasis>]</term>
@@ -1377,6 +1401,19 @@ net     all  DROP   info</programlisting>then the chain name is 'net2all'
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><emphasis
+        role="bold">STARTUP_LOG=</emphasis>[<emphasis>pathname</emphasis>]</term>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>If specified, determines where Shorewall will log the details
+          of each <emphasis role="bold">start</emphasis>, <emphasis
+          role="bold">restart</emphasis> and <emphasis
+          role="bold">refresh</emphasis> command. Logging verbosity is
+          determined by the setting of LOG_VERBOSITY above.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis
         role="bold">SUBSYSLOCK=</emphasis>[<emphasis>pathname</emphasis>]</term>