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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
index 5e3ab39e..0c6fc2f6 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ on a single line.  New-line characters that would otherwise separate
 lines are printed as \fB\\n\fR, and any instances of \fB\\\fR that
 would otherwise appear in the output are doubled.
 Prints a blank line for each command that has no output.
+This option does not affect the formatting of output from the
+\fBlist\fR or \fBfind\fR commands; see \fBTable Formatting Options\fR
+below.
 .
 .IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR"
 Prevents \fBovs\-vsctl\fR from actually modifying the database.
@@ -125,6 +128,11 @@ to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds.  If the timeout expires,
 would normally happen only if the database cannot be contacted, or if
 the system is overloaded.)
 .
+.SS "Table Formatting Options"
+These options control the format of output from the \fBlist\fR and
+\fBfind\fR commands.
+.so lib/table.man
+.
 .SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
 .so lib/ssl.man
 .so lib/ssl-bootstrap.man
@@ -543,10 +551,27 @@ as \fB{}\fR, and curly braces may be optionally enclose non-empty maps
 as well.
 .
 .ST "Database Command Syntax"
-.IP "\fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..."
-List the values of all columns of each specified \fIrecord\fR.  If no
+.IP "[\fB\-\-columns=\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...] \fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..."
+Lists the data in each specified \fIrecord\fR.  If no
 records are specified, lists all the records in \fItable\fR.
 .IP
+If \fB\-\-columns\fR is specified, only the requested columns are
+listed, in the specified order.  Otherwise, all columns are listed, in
+alphabetical order by column name.
+.
+.IP "[\fB\-\-columns=\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...] \fBfind \fItable \fR[\fIcolumn\fR[\fB:\fIkey\fR]\fB=\fIvalue\fR]..."
+Lists the data in each record in \fItable\fR whose \fIcolumn\fR equals
+\fIvalue\fR or, if \fIkey\fR is specified, whose \fIcolumn\fR contains
+a \fIkey\fR with the specified \fIvalue\fR.  Any of the operators
+\fB!=\fR, \fB<\fR, \fB>\fR, \fB<=\fR, or \fB>=\fR may be substituted
+for \fB=\fR to test for inequality, less than, greater than, less than
+or equal to, or greater than or equal to, respectively.  (Don't forget
+to escape \fB<\fR or \fB>\fR from interpretation by the shell.)
+.IP
+If \fB\-\-columns\fR is specified, only the requested columns are
+listed, in the specified order.  Otherwise all columns are listed, in
+alphabetical order by column name.
+.IP
 The UUIDs shown for rows created in the same \fBovs\-vsctl\fR
 invocation will be wrong.
 .