diff --git a/usr.bin/netstat/if.c b/usr.bin/netstat/if.c
--- a/usr.bin/netstat/if.c
+++ b/usr.bin/netstat/if.c
@@ -284,20 +284,20 @@
 	if (aflag && getifmaddrs(&ifmap) != 0)
 		err(EX_OSERR, "getifmaddrs");
 
+	for (ifa = ifap; ifa; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
+		if (interface != NULL &&
+		    strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, interface) != 0)
+			continue;
+		if (af != AF_UNSPEC && ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family != af)
+			continue;
+		ifn_len = strlen(ifa->ifa_name);
+		if ((ifa->ifa_flags & IFF_UP) == 0)
+			++ifn_len;
+		ifn_len_max = MAX(ifn_len_max, ifn_len);
+		if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET6)
+			has_ipv6 = 1;
+	}
 	if (Wflag) {
-		for (ifa = ifap; ifa; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
-			if (interface != NULL &&
-			    strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, interface) != 0)
-				continue;
-			if (af != AF_UNSPEC && ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family != af)
-				continue;
-			ifn_len = strlen(ifa->ifa_name);
-			if ((ifa->ifa_flags & IFF_UP) == 0)
-				++ifn_len;
-			ifn_len_max = MAX(ifn_len_max, ifn_len);
-			if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET6)
-				has_ipv6 = 1;
-		}
 		if (has_ipv6) {
 			net_len = 24;
 			addr_len = 39;
diff --git a/usr.bin/netstat/netstat.1 b/usr.bin/netstat/netstat.1
--- a/usr.bin/netstat/netstat.1
+++ b/usr.bin/netstat/netstat.1
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@
 See
 .Sx GENERAL OPTIONS .
 .It Fl W
-Avoid truncating interface names even if this causes some fields to overflow.
+Avoid truncating addresses even if this causes some fields to overflow.
+See
 .Sx GENERAL OPTIONS .
 .It Fl f Ar protocol_family
 Filter by
@@ -795,6 +796,11 @@
 .Nm
 attempts to resolve addresses and ports,
 and display them symbolically.
+.It Fl W
+Wider output; expand address fields, etc, to avoid truncation.
+Non-numeric values such as domain names may still be truncated; use the
+.Fl n
+option if necessary to avoid ambiguity.
 .El
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Show packet traffic information (packets, bytes, errors, packet drops, etc) for