diff --git a/sys/contrib/openzfs/lib/libshare/os/freebsd/nfs.c.sav b/sys/contrib/openzfs/lib/libshare/os/freebsd/nfs.c
--- a/sys/contrib/openzfs/lib/libshare/os/freebsd/nfs.c.sav
+++ b/sys/contrib/openzfs/lib/libshare/os/freebsd/nfs.c
@@ -106,19 +106,34 @@
 	if (strcmp(shareopts, "on") == 0)
 		shareopts = "";
 
-	boolean_t need_free;
-	char *mp;
+	boolean_t need_free, fnd_semi;
+	char *mp, lineopts[OPTSSIZE], *exportopts, *s;
+	size_t whitelen;
 	int rc  = nfs_escape_mountpoint(impl_share->sa_mountpoint, &mp,
 	    &need_free);
 	if (rc != SA_OK)
 		return (rc);
 
-	if (fputs(mp, tmpfile) == EOF ||
-	    fputc('\t', tmpfile) == EOF ||
-	    translate_opts(shareopts, tmpfile) == EOF ||
-	    fputc('\n', tmpfile) == EOF) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "failed to write to temporary file\n");
-		rc = SA_SYSTEM_ERR;
+	strlcpy(lineopts, shareopts, sizeof(lineopts));
+	s = lineopts;
+	fnd_semi = B_FALSE;
+	while ((exportopts = strsep(&s, ";")) != NULL) {
+		if (s != NULL)
+			fnd_semi = B_TRUE;
+		/* Ignore only whitespace between ';' separated option sets. */
+		if (fnd_semi) {
+			whitelen = strspn(exportopts, "\t ");
+			if (exportopts[whitelen] == '\0')
+				continue;
+		}
+		if (fputs(mp, tmpfile) == EOF ||
+		    fputc('\t', tmpfile) == EOF ||
+		    translate_opts(exportopts, tmpfile) == EOF ||
+		    fputc('\n', tmpfile) == EOF) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "failed to write to temporary file\n");
+			rc = SA_SYSTEM_ERR;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (need_free)
diff --git a/sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man7/zfsprops.7.sav b/sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man7/zfsprops.7
--- a/sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man7/zfsprops.7.sav
+++ b/sys/contrib/openzfs/man/man7/zfsprops.7
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) 2019, Kjeld Schouten-Lebbing
 .\" Copyright (c) 2022 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP.
 .\"
-.Dd August 8, 2023
+.Dd June 29, 2024
 .Dt ZFSPROPS 7
 .Os
 .
@@ -1726,6 +1726,13 @@
 .Xr exports 5 .
 This is done to negate the need for quoting, as well as to make parsing
 with scripts easier.
+.Pp
+For FreeBSD, there may be multiple sets of options separated by semicolon(s).
+Each set of options must apply to different hosts or networks and each
+set of options will create a separate line for
+.Xr exports 5 .
+Any semicolon separated option set that consists entirely of whitespace
+will be ignored.
 .Pp
 See
 .Xr exports 5