diff --git a/man/man8/zpool-list.8 b/man/man8/zpool-list.8
index 106399941..396941f17 100644
--- a/man/man8/zpool-list.8
+++ b/man/man8/zpool-list.8
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
 Lists the given pools along with a health status and space usage.
 If no
 .Ar pool Ns s
-are specified, all pools in the system are listed.
+are specified, all pools currently imported are listed.
+For listing pools available for import, see
+.Xr zpool-import 8 .
 When given an
 .Ar interval ,
 the information is printed every