-.IP "\fBlist-columns\fI server \fR[\fItable\fR]"
-Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the database schema, and prints
-a table listing the names, type, and comment (if any) on each column. If
-\fItable\fR is specified, only columns in that table are listed;
-otherwise, the tables include columns in all tables.
+.IP "\fBget\-schema\-version\fI server database\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
+prints its version number on stdout. A schema version number has the form
+\fIx\fB.\fIy\fB.\fIz\fR. See \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) for
+details.
+.IP
+Schema version numbers and Open vSwitch version numbers are
+independent.
+.IP
+If \fIdatabase\fR was created before schema versioning was introduced,
+then it will not have a version number and this command will print a
+blank line.
+.
+.IP "\fBlist\-tables\fI server database\fR"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
+prints a table listing the name of each table
+within the database.
+.
+.IP "\fBlist\-columns\fI server database \fR[\fItable\fR]"
+Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
+prints a table listing the name and type of each
+column. If \fItable\fR is specified, only columns in that table are
+listed; otherwise, the tables include columns in all tables.