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diff --git a/sbin/route/route.8 b/sbin/route/route.8
--- a/sbin/route/route.8
+++ b/sbin/route/route.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd November 12, 2024
+.Dd April 4, 2026
.Dt ROUTE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -297,6 +297,17 @@
.Dv AF_INET6
address family.
.Pp
+For
+.Li ECMP
+routes, the
+.Fl weight
+modifier can be used to influence nexthop selection.
+For example, a destination with two nexthops defined as
+.Fl gateway 3fff::1 Fl weight 100
+and
+.Fl gateway 3fff::2 Fl weight 200
+will make the nexthop 3fff::2 twice as likely to be chosen as 3fff::1.
+.Pp
Routes have associated flags which influence operation of the protocols
when sending to destinations matched by the routes.
These flags may be set (or sometimes cleared)
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