diff --git a/man/man1m/zfs.1m b/man/man1m/zfs.1m
index 1fdadc346aef..63cb918480ab 100644
--- a/man/man1m/zfs.1m
+++ b/man/man1m/zfs.1m
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Copyright 2011 Joshua M. Clulow <josh@sysmgr.org>
-.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2014 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2015 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 2013 by Saso Kiselkov. All rights reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 2014, Joyent, Inc. All rights reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 2014 by Adam Stevko. All rights reserved.
@@ -2775,8 +2775,11 @@ Do not actually receive the stream. This can be useful in conjunction with the
 option to verify the name the receive operation would use.
 .It Fl o Sy origin Ns = Ns Ar snapshot
 Forces the stream to be received as a clone of the given snapshot.
-This is only valid if the stream is an incremental stream whose source
-is the same as the provided origin.
+If the stream is a full send stream, this will create the filesystem
+described by the stream as a clone of the specified snapshot. Which
+snapshot was specified will not affect the success or failure of the
+receive, as long as the snapshot does exist.  If the stream is an
+incremental send stream, all the normal verification will be performed.
 .It Fl u
 File system that is associated with the received stream is not mounted.
 .It Fl v