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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 9df0cde64c..17cc1ad903 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1742,6 +1742,7 @@ DEF("chardev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chardev,
#endif
#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__sun__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) \
|| defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
+ "-chardev serial,id=id,path=path[,mux=on|off]\n"
"-chardev tty,id=id,path=path[,mux=on|off]\n"
#endif
#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
@@ -1910,8 +1911,8 @@ take any options.
Send traffic from the guest to a serial device on the host.
-@option{serial} is
-only available on Windows hosts.
+On Unix hosts serial will actually accept any tty device,
+not only serial lines.
@option{path} specifies the name of the serial device to open.
@@ -1937,10 +1938,8 @@ Connect to a local BrlAPI server. @option{braille} does not take any options.
@item -chardev tty ,id=@var{id} ,path=@var{path}
-Connect to a local tty device.
-
@option{tty} is only available on Linux, Sun, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and
-DragonFlyBSD hosts.
+DragonFlyBSD hosts. It is an alias for -serial.
@option{path} specifies the path to the tty. @option{path} is required.