diff --git a/man/gnt-instance.sgml b/man/gnt-instance.sgml
index f74f398c32d8d823339abec9d6992d95761acf1d..176f70c0d737cac032e1bbe3f9d21be11b4a45ae 100644
--- a/man/gnt-instance.sgml
+++ b/man/gnt-instance.sgml
@@ -1118,14 +1118,17 @@ instance5: 11225
             <arg>-s</arg>
             <arg>--static</arg>
           </group>
-          <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
+          <group choice="req">
+            <arg>--all</arg>
+            <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>instance</replaceable></arg>
+          </group>
         </cmdsynopsis>
 
         <para>
-          Show detailed information about the (given) instances. This
-          is different from <command>list</command> as it shows
-          detailed data about the instance's disks (especially useful
-          for drbd disk template).
+          Show detailed information about the given instance(s). This is
+          different from <command>list</command> as it shows detailed data
+          about the instance's disks (especially useful for the drbd disk 
+          template).
         </para>
 
         <para>
@@ -1133,6 +1136,11 @@ instance5: 11225
           available in the configuration file is returned, without
           querying nodes, making the operation faster.
         </para>
+
+        <para>
+          Use the <option>--all</option> to get info about all instances,
+          rather than explicitely passing the ones you're interested in.
+        </para>
       </refsect3>
 
       <refsect3>