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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-appctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-appctl.8.in
index 1cf888d38..440853aef 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-appctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-appctl.8.in
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ named \fB@RUNDIR@/\fItarget\fB.\fIpid\fB.ctl\fR, where \fIpid\fR is
 replaced by the process ID read from the pidfile, and uses that file
 as if it had been specified directly as the target.
 .IP
+On Windows, \fItarget\fR can be an absolute path to a file that contains
+a localhost TCP port on which an Open vSwitch daemon is listening
+for control channel connections. By default, each daemon writes the
+TCP port on which it is listening for control connection into the file
+\fIprogram\fB.ctl\fR located inside the configured \fIOVS_RUNDIR\fR
+directory. If \fItarget\fR is not an absolute path, \fBovs\-appctl\fR
+looks for a file named \fItarget\fB.ctl\fR in the configured \fIOVS_RUNDIR\fR
+directory.
+.IP
 The default target is \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.
 .
 .SH COMMON COMMANDS
@@ -119,6 +128,10 @@ module.
 \fBsyslog\fR, \fBconsole\fR, or \fBfile\fR, to limit the log level
 change to only to the system log, to the console, or to a file,
 respectively.
+.IP
+On Windows platform, \fBsyslog\fR is accepted as a word and
+is only useful if the \fItarget\fR was started with the
+\fB\-\-syslog\-target\fR option (the word has no effect otherwise).
 .
 .IP \(bu 
 \fBoff\fR, \fBemer\fR, \fBerr\fR, \fBwarn\fR, \fBinfo\fR, or
@@ -148,6 +161,9 @@ expanded as follows:
 .IP \fB%A\fR
 The name of the application logging the message, e.g. \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.
 .
+.IP \fB%B\fR
+The RFC5424 syslog PRI of the message.
+.
 .IP \fB%c\fR
 The name of the module (as shown by \fBovs\-appctl \-\-list\fR) logging
 the message.
@@ -173,6 +189,9 @@ takes the same format as the \fItemplate\fR argument to
 \fBstrftime\fR(3).  Supports the same extension for sub-second
 resolution as \fB%d{\fR...\fB}\fR.
 .
+.IP \fB%E\fR
+The hostname of the node running the application.
+.
 .IP \fB%m\fR
 The message being logged.
 .