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diff --git a/man/man1/arcstat.1 b/man/man1/arcstat.1
index 6dcc39b67..9113b76af 100644
--- a/man/man1/arcstat.1
+++ b/man/man1/arcstat.1
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Time
.sp
.ne 2
.na
-\fBarcsz \fR
+\fBsize \fR
.ad
.RS 14n
ARC size
@@ -245,6 +245,15 @@ ARC size
.sp
.ne 2
.na
+\fBarcsz \fR
+.ad
+.RS 14n
+Alias for \fBsize\fR
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
\fBdread \fR
.ad
.RS 14n
@@ -392,7 +401,18 @@ ARC reclaim needed
\fBfree \fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-ARC free memory
+The ARC's idea of how much free memory there is, which includes evictable memory in the page cache.
+Since the ARC tries to keep \fBavail\fR above zero, \fBavail\fR is usually more instructive to observe than \fBfree\fR.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
+\fBavail \fR
+.ad
+.RS 14n
+The ARC's idea of how much free memory is available to it, which is a bit less than \fBfree\fR.
+May temporarily be negative, in which case the ARC will reduce the target size \fBc\fR.
.RE
.\"