diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
index 5a16818ec..7ba27e85b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
@@ -833,8 +833,9 @@ sub process_simple_device() {
     }
 
     for ( my $i = 1; $i <= 3; $i++ ) {
+	my $prio = 16 + $i;
 	emit "run_tc qdisc add dev $physical parent $number:$i handle ${number}${i}: sfq quantum 1875 limit 127 perturb 10";
-	emit "run_tc filter add dev $physical protocol all prio 2 parent $number: handle $i fw classid $number:$i";
+	emit "run_tc filter add dev $physical protocol all prio $prio parent $number: handle $i fw classid $number:$i";
 	emit "run_tc filter add dev $physical protocol all prio 1 parent ${number}$i: handle ${number}${i} flow hash keys $type divisor 1024" if $type ne '-' && have_capability 'FLOW_FILTER';
 	emit '';
     }
@@ -1367,7 +1368,7 @@ sub process_tc_filter() {
 
     if ( $priority ne '-' ) {
 	$prio = numeric_value $priority;
-	fatal_error "Invalid priority ($priority)" unless defined $prio && $prio >= 12;
+	fatal_error "Invalid priority ($priority)" unless defined $prio && $prio > 0;
     }
 
     my $devref;
@@ -1963,14 +1964,14 @@ sub process_traffic_shaping() {
 		# add filters
 		#
 		unless ( $mark eq '-' ) {
-		    emit "run_tc filter add dev $device protocol all parent $devicenumber:0 prio " . ( $priority | 20 ) . " handle $mark fw classid $classid" if $tcref->{occurs} == 1;
+		    emit "run_tc filter add dev $device protocol all parent $devicenumber:0 prio " . ( $priority | 0x20 ) . " handle $mark fw classid $classid" if $tcref->{occurs} == 1;
 		}
 
 		emit "run_tc filter add dev $device protocol all prio 1 parent $sfqinhex: handle $classnum flow hash keys $tcref->{flow} divisor 1024" if $tcref->{flow};
 		#
 		# options
 		#
-		emit( "run_tc filter add dev $device parent $devicenumber:0 protocol ip prio " . ( $priority | 10 ) . ' u32' .
+		emit( "run_tc filter add dev $device parent $devicenumber:0 protocol ip prio " . ( $priority | 0x10 ) . ' u32' .
 		      "\\\n    match ip protocol 6 0xff" .
 		      "\\\n    match u8 0x05 0x0f at 0" .
 		      "\\\n    match u16 0x0000 0xffc0 at 2" .
@@ -1978,7 +1979,7 @@ sub process_traffic_shaping() {
 
 		for my $tospair ( @{$tcref->{tos}} ) {
 		    my ( $tos, $mask ) = split q(/), $tospair;
-		    emit "run_tc filter add dev $device parent $devicenumber:0 protocol ip prio " . ( $priority | 10 ) . " u32 match ip tos $tos $mask flowid $classid";
+		    emit "run_tc filter add dev $device parent $devicenumber:0 protocol ip prio " . ( $priority | 0x10 ) . " u32 match ip tos $tos $mask flowid $classid";
 		}
 
 		save_progress_message_short qq("   TC Class $classid defined.");
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcfilters.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcfilters.xml
index 55c9671e1..3e17c8ae2 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcfilters.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tcfilters.xml
@@ -192,12 +192,40 @@
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis role="bold">PRIORITY</emphasis> - [<emphasis
-        role="bold">-</emphasis>|<emphasis>number</emphasis>]</term>
+        role="bold">-</emphasis>|<emphasis>priority</emphasis>]</term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Added in Shorewall 4.5.8. Specifies the rule priority. If not
-          given, priority 10 is assumed. The priority value must be &gt;=
-          12.</para>
+          <para>Added in Shorewall 4.5.8. Specifies the rule
+          <replaceable>priority</replaceable>. If not given,
+          <replaceable>priority</replaceable> 10 is assumed. The
+          <replaceable>priority</replaceable> value must be &gt; 0.</para>
+
+          <para>The priority values used by other Shorewall-generated filters
+          are as follows:</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Classify by packet mark - <replaceable>class
+              priority</replaceable> LOR 32.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Ingress policing - 10</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Simple TC ACK packets - 1</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Complex TC ACK packets - <replaceable>class
+              priority</replaceable> LOR 16.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Class with 'occurs' - 65535</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcfilters.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcfilters.xml
index 4d3977343..f84c61095 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcfilters.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tcfilters.xml
@@ -192,8 +192,35 @@
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Added in Shorewall 4.5.8. Specifies the rule priority. If not
-          given, priority 11 is assumed. The priority value must be &gt;=
-          12.</para>
+          given, priority 11 is assumed. The priority value must be &gt;
+          0.</para>
+
+          <para>The priority values used by other Shorewall-generated filters
+          are as follows:</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Classify by packet mark - <replaceable>class
+              priority</replaceable> LOR 32.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Ingress policing - 10</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Simple TC ACK packets - 1</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Complex TC ACK packets - <replaceable>class
+              priority</replaceable> LOR 16.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Class with 'occurs' - 65535</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
@@ -246,6 +273,6 @@
     <para><ulink
     url="http://shorewall.net/PacketMarking.html">http://shorewall.net/PacketMarking.html</ulink></para>
 
-    <para/>
+    <para></para>
   </refsect1>
 </refentry>