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diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1
index cc678ed..dc2d719 100644
--- a/passt.1
+++ b/passt.1
@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ Don't forward any ports
.TP
.BR all
Forward all unbound, non-ephemeral ports, as permitted by current capabilities.
-For low (< 1024) ports, see \fBNOTES\fR.
+For low (< 1024) ports, see \fBNOTES\fR. No failures are reported for
+unavailable ports, unless no ports could be forwarded at all.
.TP
.BR ports
@@ -364,7 +365,11 @@ optionally, with target ports after \fI:\fR, if they differ. Specific addresses
can be bound as well, separated by \fI/\fR, and also, since Linux 5.7, limited
to specific interfaces, prefixed by \fI%\fR. Within given ranges, selected ports
and ranges can be excluded by an additional specification prefixed by \fI~\fR.
-Specifying excluded ranges only implies that all other ports are forwarded.
+
+Specifying excluded ranges only implies that all other ports are forwarded. In
+this case, no failures are reported for unavailable ports, unless no ports could
+be forwarded at all.
+
Examples:
.RS
.TP
@@ -447,7 +452,11 @@ optionally, with target ports after \fI:\fR, if they differ. Specific addresses
can be bound as well, separated by \fI/\fR, and also, since Linux 5.7, limited
to specific interfaces, prefixed by \fI%\fR. Within given ranges, selected ports
and ranges can be excluded by an additional specification prefixed by \fI~\fR.
-Specifying excluded ranges only implies that all other ports are forwarded.
+
+Specifying excluded ranges only implies that all other ports are forwarded. In
+this case, no failures are reported for unavailable ports, unless no ports could
+be forwarded at all.
+
Examples:
.RS
.TP