diff --git a/share/man/man7/ports.7 b/share/man/man7/ports.7
index e7dce1c17872..1aaad00a2eed 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/ports.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/ports.7
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ See
 .Va PKGREPOSITORY
 and
 .Va PKGFILE .
+.It Cm package-recursive
+Like
+.Cm package ,
+but makes a package for each depending port as well.
 .It Cm readmes
 Create a port's
 .Pa README.html .