diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 987dbf0..138aa87 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1461,20 +1461,21 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
     "-netdev user,id=str[,net=addr[/mask]][,host=addr][,restrict=on|off]\n"
     "         [,hostname=host][,dhcpstart=addr][,dns=addr][,dnssearch=domain][,tftp=dir]\n"
-    "         [,bootfile=f][,hostfwd=rule][,guestfwd=rule]"
+    "         [,bootfile=f][,hostfwd=rule][,guestfwd=rule][,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
 #ifndef _WIN32
-                                             "[,smb=dir[,smbserver=addr]]\n"
+    "         [,smb=dir[,smbserver=addr]]\n"
 #endif
     "                configure a user mode network backend with ID 'str',\n"
     "                its DHCP server and optional services\n"
 #endif
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    "-netdev tap,id=str,ifname=name\n"
+    "-netdev tap,id=str,ifname=name[,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a host TAP network backend with ID 'str'\n"
 #else
     "-netdev tap,id=str[,fd=h][,fds=x:y:...:z][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile]\n"
     "         [,helper=helper][,sndbuf=nbytes][,vnet_hdr=on|off][,vhost=on|off]\n"
     "         [,vhostfd=h][,vhostfds=x:y:...:z][,vhostforce=on|off][,queues=n]\n"
+    "         [,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a host TAP network backend with ID 'str'\n"
     "                use network scripts 'file' (default=" DEFAULT_NETWORK_SCRIPT ")\n"
     "                to configure it and 'dfile' (default=" DEFAULT_NETWORK_DOWN_SCRIPT ")\n"
@@ -1494,7 +1495,7 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
     "                use 'vhostfd=h' to connect to an already opened vhost net device\n"
     "                use 'vhostfds=x:y:...:z to connect to multiple already opened vhost net devices\n"
     "                use 'queues=n' to specify the number of queues to be created for multiqueue TAP\n"
-    "-netdev bridge,id=str[,br=bridge][,helper=helper]\n"
+    "-netdev bridge,id=str[,br=bridge][,helper=helper][,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a host TAP network backend with ID 'str' that is\n"
     "                connected to a bridge (default=" DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE ")\n"
     "                using the program 'helper (default=" DEFAULT_BRIDGE_HELPER ")\n"
@@ -1503,7 +1504,7 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
     "-netdev l2tpv3,id=str,src=srcaddr,dst=dstaddr[,srcport=srcport][,dstport=dstport]\n"
     "         [,rxsession=rxsession],txsession=txsession[,ipv6=on/off][,udp=on/off]\n"
     "         [,cookie64=on/off][,counter][,pincounter][,txcookie=txcookie]\n"
-    "         [,rxcookie=rxcookie][,offset=offset]\n"
+    "         [,rxcookie=rxcookie][,offset=offset][,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a network backend with ID 'str' connected to\n"
     "                an Ethernet over L2TPv3 pseudowire.\n"
     "                Linux kernel 3.3+ as well as most routers can talk\n"
@@ -1527,30 +1528,34 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
     "                use 'offset=X' to add an extra offset between header and data\n"
 #endif
     "-netdev socket,id=str[,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]\n"
+    "         [,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a network backend to connect to another network\n"
     "                using a socket connection\n"
     "-netdev socket,id=str[,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port[,localaddr=addr]]\n"
+    "         [,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a network backend to connect to a multicast maddr and port\n"
     "                use 'localaddr=addr' to specify the host address to send packets from\n"
     "-netdev socket,id=str[,fd=h][,udp=host:port][,localaddr=host:port]\n"
+    "         [,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a network backend to connect to another network\n"
     "                using an UDP tunnel\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_VDE
     "-netdev vde,id=str[,sock=socketpath][,port=n][,group=groupname][,mode=octalmode]\n"
+    "         [,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a network backend to connect to port 'n' of a vde switch\n"
     "                running on host and listening for incoming connections on 'socketpath'.\n"
     "                Use group 'groupname' and mode 'octalmode' to change default\n"
     "                ownership and permissions for communication port.\n"
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETMAP
-    "-netdev netmap,id=str,ifname=name[,devname=nmname]\n"
+    "-netdev netmap,id=str,ifname=name[,devname=nmname][,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                attach to the existing netmap-enabled network interface 'name', or to a\n"
     "                VALE port (created on the fly) called 'name' ('nmname' is name of the \n"
     "                netmap device, defaults to '/dev/netmap')\n"
 #endif
     "-netdev vhost-user,id=str,chardev=dev[,vhostforce=on|off]\n"
     "                configure a vhost-user network, backed by a chardev 'dev'\n"
-    "-netdev hubport,id=str,hubid=n\n"
+    "-netdev hubport,id=str,hubid=n[,dumpfile=file[,dumplen=len]]\n"
     "                configure a hub port on QEMU VLAN 'n'\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 DEF("net", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_net,
     "-net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=mac][,model=type][,name=str][,addr=str][,vectors=v]\n"
@@ -1981,10 +1986,15 @@ qemu -m 512 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,sha
      -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0
 @end example
 
+@item -netdev ...,dumpfile=@var{file}[,dumplen=@var{len}]
 @item -net dump[,vlan=@var{n}][,file=@var{file}][,len=@var{len}]
-Dump network traffic on VLAN @var{n} to file @var{file} (@file{qemu-vlan0.pcap} by default).
+Dump network traffic to file @var{file} (@file{qemu-vlan0.pcap} by default).
 At most @var{len} bytes (64k by default) per packet are stored. The file format is
 libpcap, so it can be analyzed with tools such as tcpdump or Wireshark.
+When dumping is wanted for -netdev devices, simply add the 'dumpfile=file'
+option as additional parameter. When dumping is wanted for a legacy -net
+network, specify an additional "-net dump,..." to dump the traffic on
+VLAN @var{n} (0 by default).
 
 @item -net none
 Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
