diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 0636c146c..62b6c0747 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -628,21 +628,12 @@ sub handle_nfqueue( $$ ) {
 #
 # Process an entry in the policy file.
 #
-sub process_a_policy() {
+sub process_a_policy1($$$$$$) {
 
     our %validpolicies;
     our @zonelist;
 
-    my ( $client, $server, $originalpolicy, $loglevel, $synparams, $connlimit ) =
-	split_line 'policy file', { source => 0, dest => 1, policy => 2, loglevel => 3, limit => 4, connlimit => 5 } ;
-
-    $loglevel  = '' if $loglevel  eq '-';
-    $synparams = '' if $synparams eq '-';
-    $connlimit = '' if $connlimit eq '-';
-
-    fatal_error 'SOURCE must be specified' if $client eq '-';
-    fatal_error 'DEST must be specified'   if $server eq '-';
-    fatal_error 'POLICY must be specified' if $originalpolicy eq '-';
+    my ( $client, $server, $originalpolicy, $loglevel, $synparams, $connlimit ) = @_;
 
     my $clientwild = ( "\L$client" =~ /^all(\+)?$/ );
     my $intrazone  = $clientwild && $1;
@@ -758,6 +749,29 @@ sub process_a_policy() {
     }
 }
 
+sub process_a_policy() {
+
+    our %validpolicies;
+    our @zonelist;
+
+    my ( $clients, $servers, $policy, $loglevel, $synparams, $connlimit ) =
+	split_line 'policy file', { source => 0, dest => 1, policy => 2, loglevel => 3, limit => 4, connlimit => 5 } ;
+
+    $loglevel  = '' if $loglevel  eq '-';
+    $synparams = '' if $synparams eq '-';
+    $connlimit = '' if $connlimit eq '-';
+
+    fatal_error 'SOURCE must be specified' if $clients eq '-';
+    fatal_error 'DEST must be specified'   if $servers eq '-';
+    fatal_error 'POLICY must be specified' if $policy  eq '-';
+
+    for my $client ( split_list( $clients, 'zone' ) ) {
+	for my $server ( split_list( $servers, 'zone' ) ) {
+	    process_a_policy1( $client, $server, $policy, $loglevel, $synparams, $connlimit );
+	}
+    }
+}
+
 #
 # Generate contents of the /var/lib/shorewall[6]/.policies file as 'here documents' in the generated script
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-policy.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-policy.xml
index 24b619d1a..b6ef38df7 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-policy.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-policy.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <para>This file determines what to do with a new connection request if
       we don't get a match from the /etc/shorewall/rules file . For each
       source/destination pair, the file is processed in order until a match is
-      found ("all" will match any client or server).</para>
+      found ("all" will match any source or destination).</para>
     </important>
 
     <important>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis role="bold">SOURCE</emphasis> -
-        <emphasis>zone</emphasis>|<emphasis
+        <emphasis>zone</emphasis>[,...]|<emphasis
         role="bold">$FW</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">all</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">all+</emphasis></term>
@@ -74,12 +74,15 @@
           <para>Support for "all+" was added in Shorewall 4.5.17. "all" does
           not override the implicit intra-zone ACCEPT policy while "all+"
           does.</para>
+
+          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 5.0.12, multiple zones may be listed
+          separated by commas.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis role="bold">DEST</emphasis> -
-        <emphasis>zone</emphasis>|<emphasis
+        <emphasis>zone</emphasis>[,...]|<emphasis
         role="bold">$FW</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">all</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">all+</emphasis></term>
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@
           <para>Support for "all+" was added in Shorewall 4.5.17. "all" does
           not override the implicit intra-zone ACCEPT policy while "all+"
           does.</para>
+
+          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 5.0.12, multiple zones may be listed
+          separated by commas.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-policy.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-policy.xml
index 614186375..fe0d0e2a7 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-policy.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-policy.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <para>This file determines what to do with a new connection request if
       we don't get a match from the /etc/shorewall6/rules file . For each
       source/destination pair, the file is processed in order until a match is
-      found ("all" will match any client or server).</para>
+      found ("all" will match any source or destination).</para>
     </important>
 
     <important>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis role="bold">SOURCE</emphasis> -
-        <emphasis>zone</emphasis>|<emphasis
+        <emphasis>zone</emphasis>[,...]|<emphasis
         role="bold">$FW</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">all</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">all+</emphasis></term>
@@ -74,12 +74,15 @@
           <para>Support for "all+" was added in Shorewall 4.5.17. "all" does
           not override the implicit intra-zone ACCEPT policy while "all+"
           does.</para>
+
+          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 5.0.12, multiple zones may be listed
+          separated by commas.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis role="bold">DEST</emphasis> -
-        <emphasis>zone</emphasis>|<emphasis
+        <emphasis>zone</emphasis>[,...]|<emphasis
         role="bold">$FW</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">all</emphasis>|<emphasis
         role="bold">all+</emphasis></term>
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@
           <para>Support for "all+" was added in Shorewall 4.5.17. "all" does
           not override the implicit intra-zone ACCEPT policy while "all+"
           does.</para>
+
+          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 5.0.12, multiple zones may be listed
+          separated by commas.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>