diff --git a/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml b/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
index b773753b2..2745f1a7a 100644
--- a/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
+++ b/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
   <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
 
-    <para>Entries in this file govern connection establishment. By default,
+    <para>Entries in this file govern connection establishment by defining
+    exceptions to the policies layed out in <ulink
+    url="shorewall-policy.html">shorewall-policy</ulink>(5). By default,
     subsequent requests and responses are automatically allowed using
     connection tracking. For any particular (source,dest) pair of zones, the
     rules are evaluated in the order in which they appear in this file and the
diff --git a/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml b/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
index dd9249a91..adc386d3a 100644
--- a/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
+++ b/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term>CONFIG_PATH=[<emphasis>directory</emphasis>[:<emphasis>directory</emphasis>]...]</term>
+        <term><emphasis
+        role="bold">CONFIG_PATH</emphasis>=[<emphasis>directory</emphasis>[:<emphasis>directory</emphasis>]...]</term>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Specifies where configuration files other than shorewall.conf