diff --git a/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml b/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
index 58c3eb5ef8..4069e30231 100644
--- a/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
@@ -39,10 +39,19 @@
-p server-port -
- specifies UDP port on which the server will listen. This is only
- useful during testing, as a DHCPv4 server listening on
- ports other than the standard ones will not be able to
- handle regular DHCPv4 queries.
+ specifies UDP local port on which the server will listen.
+ This is only useful during testing, as a DHCPv4 server
+ listening on ports other than the standard ones will not
+ be able to handle regular DHCPv4 queries.
+
+
+
+ -P client-port -
+ specifies UDP remote port to which the server will send
+ all responses. This is only useful during testing, as a
+ DHCPv4 server sending responses to ports other than the
+ standard ones will not be able to handle regular DHCPv4
+ clients.
diff --git a/doc/guide/dhcp6-srv.xml b/doc/guide/dhcp6-srv.xml
index e74e7f0ef4..ff358a0b6e 100644
--- a/doc/guide/dhcp6-srv.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/dhcp6-srv.xml
@@ -39,10 +39,19 @@
-p server-port -
- specifies UDP port on which the server will listen. This is only
- useful during testing, as a DHCPv6 server listening on
- ports other than the standard ones will not be able to
- handle regular DHCPv6 queries.
+ specifies UDP local port on which the server will listen.
+ This is only useful during testing, as a DHCPv6 server
+ listening on ports other than the standard ones will not
+ be able to handle regular DHCPv6 queries.
+
+
+
+ -P client-port -
+ specifies UDP remote port to which the server will send
+ all responses. This is only useful during testing, as a
+ DHCPv6 server sending responses to ports other than the
+ standard ones will not be able to handle regular DHCPv6
+ clients.