diff --git a/tc/f_route.c b/tc/f_route.c
index 649e0ec2..23c4ecc7 100644
--- a/tc/f_route.c
+++ b/tc/f_route.c
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 static void explain(void)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ... route [ from REALM | fromif TAG ] [ to REALM ]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "                [ flowid CLASSID ] [ police POLICE_SPEC ]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "       POLICE_SPEC := ... look at TBF\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "                [ flowid CLASSID ] [ action ACTION_SPEC ]]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "       ACTION_SPEC := ... look at individual actions\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "       CLASSID := X:Y\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\nNOTE: CLASSID is parsed as hexadecimal input.\n");
 }
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ static int route_parse_opt(struct filter_util *qu, char *handle, int argc, char
 				return -1;
 			}
 			continue;
+		} else if (matches(*argv, "action") == 0) {
+			NEXT_ARG();
+			if (parse_action(&argc, &argv, TCA_ROUTE4_ACT, n)) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Illegal \"action\"\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+			continue;
 		} else if (matches(*argv, "order") == 0) {
 			NEXT_ARG();
 			if (get_u32(&order, *argv, 0)) {
@@ -158,6 +165,8 @@ static int route_print_opt(struct filter_util *qu, FILE *f, struct rtattr *opt,
 		fprintf(f, "fromif %s", ll_index_to_name(*(int*)RTA_DATA(tb[TCA_ROUTE4_IIF])));
 	if (tb[TCA_ROUTE4_POLICE])
 		tc_print_police(f, tb[TCA_ROUTE4_POLICE]);
+	if (tb[TCA_ROUTE4_ACT])
+		tc_print_action(f, tb[TCA_ROUTE4_ACT]);
 	return 0;
 }