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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
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--- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
@@ -543,10 +543,15 @@ as \fB{}\fR, and curly braces may be optionally enclose non-empty maps
as well.
.
.ST "Database Command Syntax"
-.IP "\fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..."
-List the values of all columns of each specified \fIrecord\fR. If no
+.IP "[\fB\-\-columns=\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...] \fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..."
+Lists the data in each specified \fIrecord\fR. If no
records are specified, lists all the records in \fItable\fR.
.IP
+If \fB\-\-columns\fR is specified, only the requested columns are
+listed, in the specified order. Otherwise, all columns are listed, in
+alphabetical order by column name.
+.
+.IP
The UUIDs shown for rows created in the same \fBovs\-vsctl\fR
invocation will be wrong.
.