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diff --git a/INSTALL.userspace b/INSTALL.userspace
index 10511b165..f54b93e2e 100644
--- a/INSTALL.userspace
+++ b/INSTALL.userspace
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Building and Installing
 -----------------------
 
 The requirements and procedure for building, installing, and
-configuring Open vSwitch are the same as those given in INSTALL.Linux.
+configuring Open vSwitch are the same as those given in INSTALL.
 You may omit configuring, building, and installing the kernel module,
 and the related requirements.
 
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ The tun device must also exist as /dev/net/tun.  If it does not exist,
 then create /dev/net (if necessary) with "mkdir /dev/net", then create
 /dev/net/tun with "mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200".
 
+On FreeBSD and NetBSD, the userspace switch additionally requires the
+kernel tap(4) driver to be available, either built into the kernel or
+loaded as a module.
+
 Using the Userspace Datapath with ovs-vswitchd
 ----------------------------------------------
 
@@ -47,6 +51,12 @@ ovs-vswitchd will create a TAP device as the bridge's local interface,
 named the same as the bridge, as well as for each configured internal
 interface.
 
+Currently, on FreeBSD, the functionality required for in-band control
+support is not implemented.  To avoid related errors, you can disable
+the in-band support with the following command.
+
+    ovs-vsctl set bridge br0 other_config:disable-in-band=true
+
 Firewall Rules
 --------------
 
@@ -60,6 +70,14 @@ eth0:
     iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -j DROP
     iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -j DROP
 
+Other settings
+--------------
+
+On NetBSD, depending on your network topology and applications, the
+following configuration might help.  See sysctl(7).
+
+	sysctl net.inet.ip.checkinterface=1
+
 Bug Reporting
 -------------