diff --git a/stand/lua/cli.lua b/stand/lua/cli.lua
index adefabbb3386..b2434faa3ce4 100644
--- a/stand/lua/cli.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/cli.lua
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ cli['boot-conf'] = function(...)
 	core.autoboot(argstr)
 end
 
+cli['reload-conf'] = function(...)
+	config.reload()
+end
+
 -- Used for splitting cli varargs into cmd_name and the rest of argv
 function cli.arguments(...)
 	local argv = {...}
diff --git a/stand/lua/cli.lua.8 b/stand/lua/cli.lua.8
index f25a27c01b0b..ac9ed3580448 100644
--- a/stand/lua/cli.lua.8
+++ b/stand/lua/cli.lua.8
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 31, 2018
+.Dd September 13, 2019
 .Dt CLI.LUA 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -82,14 +82,27 @@ As of present, the
 module by default provides commands for
 .Ic autoboot ,
 .Ic boot ,
+.Ic boot-conf ,
 and
-.Ic boot-conf.
-In all three cases, the
+.Ic reload-conf .
+.Pp
+For
+.Ic autoboot ,
+.Ic boot ,
+and
+.Ic boot-conf ,
+the
 .Xr core.lua 8
 module will load all ELF modules as-needed before executing the equivalent
 built-in loader commands.
 All non-kernel arguments to these commands are passed in the same order to the
 loader command.
+.Pp
+The
+.Ic reload-conf
+command will reload the configuration from disk.
+This is useful if you have manually changed currdev and would like to easily
+reload the configuration from the new device.
 .Ss Exported Functions
 The following functions are exported from
 .Nm :