diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index a51b6b562..a44892b8d 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1329,10 +1329,9 @@ sub do_connbytes( $ ) {
     #                                                                    1     2      3        5       6
     fatal_error "Invalid CONNBYTES ($connbytes)" unless $connbytes =~ /^(!)? (\d+): (\d+)? ((:[ORB]) (:[PBA])?)?$/x;
 
-
     my $invert = $1 || ''; $invert = '! ' if $invert;
-    my $min    = $2;       $min    = 0 unless defined $min;
-    my $max    = $3 || ''; fatal_error "Invalid byte range ($min:$max)" if $max ne '' and $min > $max;
+    my $min    = $2;       $min    = 0  unless defined $min;
+    my $max    = $3;       $max    = '' unless defined $max; fatal_error "Invalid byte range ($min:$max)" if $max ne '' and $min > $max;
     my $dir    = $5 || 'B'; 
     my $mode   = $6 || 'B'; 
     
diff --git a/manpages/shorewall-tcrules.xml b/manpages/shorewall-tcrules.xml
index 4159348dc..cee19132a 100644
--- a/manpages/shorewall-tcrules.xml
+++ b/manpages/shorewall-tcrules.xml
@@ -510,7 +510,8 @@
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Connection Bytes; defines a byte or packet range that the
-          connection must fall within in order for the rule to match.</para>
+          connection must fall within in order for the rule to match. Added in
+          Shorewall-perl 4.2.0.</para>
 
           <para>A packet matches if the the packet/byte count is within the
           range defined by <emphasis>min</emphasis> and
@@ -552,10 +553,9 @@
         "<emphasis>helper</emphasis>"</emphasis></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Added in Shorewall-perl 4.2.0 Beta 2. Names a Netfiler
-          protocol <firstterm>helper</firstterm> module such as
-          <option>ftp</option>, <option>sip</option>, <option>amanda</option>,
-          etc.</para>
+          <para>Added in Shorewall-perl 4.2.0. Names a Netfiler protocol
+          <firstterm>helper</firstterm> module such as <option>ftp</option>,
+          <option>sip</option>, <option>amanda</option>, etc.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>