diff --git a/Shorewall/action.template b/Shorewall/action.template
index 5f7cea372..1c35f1717 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.template
+++ b/Shorewall/action.template
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 # Columns are:
 #
 #
-#	TARGET		ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, LOG, QUEUE or a
-#			previously-defined <action>
+#	TARGET		ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, LOG, QUEUE, CONTINUEa <macro>
+#			or a previously-defined <action>
 #
 #				ACCEPT	 -- allow the connection request
 #				DROP	 -- ignore the request
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
 #					    The <action> must appear in that
 #					    file BEFORE the one being defined
 #					    in this file.
+#				<macro>	 -- The name of a macro defined in a
+#					    file named macro.<macro-name>. If
+#					    the macro accepts an action
+#					    parameter (Look at the macro
+#					    source to see if it has PARAM in
+#					    the TARGET column) then the macro
+#					    name is followed by "/" and the
+#					    action (ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, ...)
+#					    to be substituted for the
+#					    parameter. Example: FTP/ACCEPT.
 #
 #			The TARGET may optionally be followed
 #			by ":" and a syslog log level (e.g, REJECT:info or
diff --git a/Shorewall/rules b/Shorewall/rules
index 64b273407..b6eba8df4 100755
--- a/Shorewall/rules
+++ b/Shorewall/rules
@@ -116,8 +116,16 @@
 #					    /etc/shorewall/actions or in
 #					    /usr/share/shorewall/actions.std.
 #
-#				<macro>  -- The name of a macro defined in a
-#					    file named macro.<macro-name>.
+#				<macro>	 -- The name of a macro defined in a
+#					    file named macro.<macro-name>. If
+#					    the macro accepts an action
+#					    parameter (Look at the macro
+#					    source to see if it has PARAM in
+#					    the TARGET column) then the macro
+#					    name is followed by "/" and the
+#					    action (ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, ...)
+#					    to be substituted for the
+#					    parameter. Example: FTP/ACCEPT.
 #
 #			The ACTION may optionally be followed
 #			by ":" and a syslog log level (e.g, REJECT:info or