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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index aa379694..f4e223ea 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -571,7 +571,14 @@ of the following keywords:
 .
 .RS
 .IP \fBoutput\fR:\fIport\fR
-Outputs the packet on the port specified by \fIport\fR.
+.IQ \fBoutput\fR:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]
+Outputs the packet. If \fIport\fR is an OpenFlow port number, outputs directly
+to it.  Otherwise, outputs to the OpenFlow port number read from \fIsrc\fR
+which must be an NXM field as described above.  Outputting to an NXM field is
+an OpenFlow extension which is not supported by standard OpenFlow switches.
+.IP
+Example: \fBoutput:NXM_NX_REG0[16..31]\fR outputs to the OpenFlow port number
+written in the upper half of register 0.
 .
 .IP \fBenqueue\fR:\fIport\fB:\fIqueue\fR
 Enqueues the packet on the specified \fIqueue\fR within port
@@ -770,10 +777,6 @@ using the Highest Random Weight algorithm, and writes the selection to
 Refer to \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR for more details.
 .RE
 .
-.IP
-(The OpenFlow protocol supports other actions that \fBovs\-ofctl\fR does
-not yet expose to the user.)
-.
 .PP
 The \fBadd\-flow\fR, \fBadd\-flows\fR, and \fBmod\-flows\fR commands
 support an additional optional field: