diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8 b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8
index 4da6d0b179d8..e534ae9a02ad 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd July 30, 2015
+.Dd September 14, 2015
 .Dt ZFS 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -2144,7 +2144,8 @@ Property name
 .It value
 Property value
 .It source
-Property source. Can either be local, default, temporary, inherited, or none
+Property source. Can either be local, default, temporary, inherited, received,
+or none
 (\&-).
 .El
 .Pp
@@ -2210,8 +2211,11 @@ The default value is all sources.
 .Ar filesystem Ns | Ns Ar volume Ns | Ns Ar snapshot Ns ...
 .Xc
 .Pp
-Clears the specified property, causing it to be inherited from an ancestor. If
-no ancestor has the property set, then the default value is used. See the
+Clears the specified property, causing it to be inherited from an ancestor,
+restored to default if no ancestor has the property set, or with the
+.Fl S
+option reverted to the received value if one exists.
+See the
 .Qq Sx Properties
 section for a listing of default values, and details on which properties can be
 inherited.
@@ -2219,8 +2223,10 @@ inherited.
 .It Fl r
 Recursively inherit the given property for all children.
 .It Fl S
-For properties with a received value, revert to this value. This flag has no
-effect on properties that do not have a received value.
+Revert the property to the received value if one exists; otherwise operate as
+if the
+.Fl S
+option was not specified.
 .El
 .It Xo
 .Nm
diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
index 9d80b9b0313f..9ea178e9c3de 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
@@ -1928,9 +1928,13 @@ zfs_do_inherit(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (prop == ZFS_PROP_QUOTA ||
 			    prop == ZFS_PROP_RESERVATION ||
 			    prop == ZFS_PROP_REFQUOTA ||
-			    prop == ZFS_PROP_REFRESERVATION)
+			    prop == ZFS_PROP_REFRESERVATION) {
 				(void) fprintf(stderr, gettext("use 'zfs set "
 				    "%s=none' to clear\n"), propname);
+				(void) fprintf(stderr, gettext("use 'zfs "
+				    "inherit -S %s' to revert to received "
+				    "value\n"), propname);
+			}
 			return (1);
 		}
 		if (received && (prop == ZFS_PROP_VOLSIZE ||