diff --git a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
index 39f6892658f0..945aac94ecdf 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ is not run twice; these can be re-enabled if desired.
 .Pp
 ARP and REVARP packets are forwarded without being filtered and others
 that are not IP nor IPv6 packets are not forwarded when
-.Xr pfil 9
-filtering is enabled.
+.Va pfil_onlyip
+is enabled.
 IPFW can filter Ethernet types using
 .Cm mac-type
 so all packets are passed to