diff --git a/share/man/man5/printcap.5 b/share/man/man5/printcap.5
index 6323c299fa08..372ab79d3a1e 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/printcap.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/printcap.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.6 1998/02/20 11:10:14 hubertf Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.7 1998/02/20 12:24:50 hubertf Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -133,11 +133,18 @@ style text files
 If the local line printer driver supports indentation, the daemon
 must understand how to invoke it.
 .Sh FILTERS
-The
+If a printer is specified via 
+.Sy lp
+(either local or remote),
+the
 .Xr lpd 8
 daemon creates a pipeline of
 .Em filters
 to process files for various printer types.
+The pipeline is not set up for remote printers specified via
+.Sy rm 
+unless the local host is the same as the remote printer host 
+given.
 The filters selected depend on the flags passed to
 .Xr lpr 1 .
 The pipeline set up is: