2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/man8/zfs-program.8 b/man/man8/zfs-program.8
index b1d937b6e..8a478b70f 100644
--- a/man/man8/zfs-program.8
+++ b/man/man8/zfs-program.8
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 .Nm zfs program
 .Nd executes ZFS channel programs
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Cm zfs program
+.Cm "zfs program"
+.Op Fl n
 .Op Fl t Ar instruction-limit
 .Op Fl m Ar memory-limit
 .Ar pool
@@ -45,6 +46,14 @@ will be run on
 and any attempts to access or modify other pools will cause an error.
 .Sh OPTIONS
 .Bl -tag -width "-t"
+.It Fl n
+Executes a read-only channel program, which runs faster.
+The program cannot change on-disk state by calling functions from the
+zfs.sync submodule.
+The program can be used to gather information such as properties and
+determining if changes would succeed (zfs.check.*).
+Without this flag, all pending changes must be synced to disk before a
+channel program can complete.
 .It Fl t Ar instruction-limit
 Execution time limit, in number of Lua instructions to execute.
 If a channel program executes more than the specified number of instructions,
diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8
index 2cb4a19bb..2e1ffc6ea 100644
--- a/man/man8/zfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/zfs.8
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Copyright 2011 Joshua M. Clulow <[email protected]>
-.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2016 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2017 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.
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@
 .Ar snapshot Ar snapshot Ns | Ns Ar filesystem
 .Nm
 .Cm program
+.Op Fl n
 .Op Fl t Ar timeout
 .Op Fl m Ar memory_limit
 .Ar pool script
@@ -4042,6 +4043,7 @@ Display the path's inode change time as the first column of output.
 .It Xo
 .Nm
 .Cm program
+.Op Fl n
 .Op Fl t Ar timeout
 .Op Fl m Ar memory_limit
 .Ar pool script
@@ -4063,6 +4065,14 @@ For full documentation of the ZFS channel program interface, see the manual
 page for
 .Xr zfs-program 8 .
 .Bl -tag -width ""
+.It Fl n
+Executes a read-only channel program, which runs faster.
+The program cannot change on-disk state by calling functions from
+the zfs.sync submodule.
+The program can be used to gather information such as properties and
+determining if changes would succeed (zfs.check.*).
+Without this flag, all pending changes must be synced to disk before
+a channel program can complete.
 .It Fl t Ar timeout
 Execution time limit, in milliseconds.
 If a channel program executes for longer than the provided timeout, it will