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diff --git a/lib/table.man b/lib/table.man
index 8be272aa0..a8f109465 100644
--- a/lib/table.man
+++ b/lib/table.man
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
 Sets the type of table formatting.  The following types of
 \fIformat\fR are available:
 .RS
-.IP "\fBtable\fR (default)"
-Text-based tables with aligned columns.
+.ie '\*(PN'ovs\-vsctl' .IP "\fBtable\fR"
+.el                    .IP "\fBtable\fR (default)"
+2-D text tables with aligned columns.
+.ie '\*(PN'ovs\-vsctl' .IP "\fBlist\fR (default)"
+.el                    .IP "\fBlist\fR"
+A list with one column per line and rows separated by a blank line.
 .IP "\fBhtml\fR"
 HTML tables.
-.IP "\fBcvs\fR"
+.IP "\fBcsv\fR"
 Comma-separated values as defined in RFC 4180.
 .IP "\fBjson\fR"
 JSON format as defined in RFC 4627.  The output is a sequence of JSON
@@ -31,12 +35,19 @@ as text strings.
 .RE
 .
 .IP "\fB\-d \fIformat\fR"
-.IP "\fB\-\-data=\fIformat\fR"
+.IQ "\fB\-\-data=\fIformat\fR"
 Sets the formatting for cells within output tables.  The following
 types of \fIformat\fR are available:
 .RS
 .IP "\fBstring\fR (default)"
-The simple format described in \fBovs\-vsctl\fR(8).
+The simple format described in the \fBDatabase Values\fR
+.ie '\*(PN'ovs\-vsctl' section below.
+.el                    section of \fBovs\-vsctl\fR(8).
+.IP "\fBbare\fR"
+The simple format with punctuation stripped off: \fB[]\fR and \fB{}\fR
+are omitted around sets, maps, and empty columns, items within sets
+and maps are space-separated, and strings are never quoted.  This
+format may be easier for scripts to parse.
 .IP "\fBjson\fR"
 JSON.
 .RE
@@ -56,3 +67,5 @@ per line, with indentation.
 .IP
 This option does not affect JSON in tables, which is always printed
 compactly.
+.IP "\fB\-\-bare\fR"
+Equivalent to \fB\-\-format=list \-\-data=bare \-\-no\-headings\fR.