diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
index c57710b71..410b0779f 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
@@ -1281,8 +1281,8 @@ sub process_providers( $ ) {
     #
     for ( grep interface_is_optional( $_ ) && ! $provider_interfaces{ $_ }, all_real_interfaces ) {
 	#
-	#               TABLE NUMBER MARK DUPLICATE INTERFACE GATEWAY OPTIONS COPY
-	$currentline = "$_    0      -    -         $_        -       -       -";
+	#               TABLE             NUMBER MARK DUPLICATE INTERFACE GATEWAY OPTIONS COPY
+	$currentline =  chain_base($_) ." 0      -    -         $_        -       -       -";
 	#
 	$pseudoproviders += process_a_provider(1);
     }
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
index b4e1be66d..1220304f4 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         role="bold">+</emphasis>]<emphasis>interfacelist</emphasis>[<emphasis
         role="bold">:</emphasis>[<emphasis>digit</emphasis>]][<emphasis
         role="bold">:</emphasis>[<emphasis>dest-address</emphasis>[<emphasis
-        role="bold">,</emphasis><emphasis>dest-address</emphasis>]...[<emphasis>exclusion</emphasis>]]|{?}COMMENT}</term>
+        role="bold">,</emphasis><emphasis>dest-address</emphasis>]...[<emphasis>exclusion</emphasis>]]|[?]COMMENT}</term>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Outgoing <emphasis>interfacelist</emphasis>. This may be a