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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index f902fe856..7d8080b9d 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -27030,6 +27030,7 @@ is what is wanted for subsequent tests.
.new
.vitem &*control&~=&~cutthrough_delivery*&
.cindex "&ACL;" "cutthrough routing"
+.cindex "cutthrough" "requesting"
This option requests delivery be attempted while the item is being received.
It is usable in the RCPT ACL and valid only for single-recipient mails forwarded
from one SMTP connection to another. If a recipient-verify callout connection is
@@ -33496,6 +33497,7 @@ timestamp. The flags are:
&`<=`& message arrival
&`=>`& normal message delivery
&`->`& additional address in same delivery
+&`>>`& cutthrough message delivery
&`*>`& delivery suppressed by &%-N%&
&`**`& delivery failed; address bounced
&`==`& delivery deferred; temporary problem
@@ -33610,6 +33612,12 @@ flagged with &`->`& instead of &`=>`&. When two or more messages are delivered
down a single SMTP connection, an asterisk follows the IP address in the log
lines for the second and subsequent messages.
+.cindex "delivery" "cutthrough; logging"
+.cindex "cutthrough" "logging"
+When delivery is done in cutthrough mode it is flagged with &`>>`& and the log
+line precedes the reception line, since cutthrough waits for a possible
+rejection from the destination in case it can reject the sourced item.
+
The generation of a reply message by a filter file gets logged as a
&"delivery"& to the addressee, preceded by &">"&.