diff --git a/sys/net/if_arp.h b/sys/net/if_arp.h
index 0319807dbfd..f201fd67cab 100644
--- a/sys/net/if_arp.h
+++ b/sys/net/if_arp.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 struct	arphdr {
 	u_short	ar_hrd;		/* format of hardware address */
 #define ARPHRD_ETHER 	1	/* ethernet hardware format */
-#define ARPHRD_IEEE802	6	/* token-ring hardware format */
+#define ARPHRD_IEEE802	6	/* 802.2 networks (ethernet/tb/tr) */
 #define ARPHRD_FRELAY 	15	/* frame relay hardware format */
 #define ARPHRD_IEEE1394	24	/* firewire hardware format */
 #define ARPHRD_INFINIBAND 32	/* infiniband hardware format */
diff --git a/sys/netinet/if_ether.c b/sys/netinet/if_ether.c
index df564b210f9..a14671528f1 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/if_ether.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/if_ether.c
@@ -684,6 +684,10 @@ arpintr(struct mbuf *m)
 		hlen = ETHER_ADDR_LEN; /* RFC 826 */
 		layer = "ethernet";
 		break;
+	case ARPHRD_IEEE802:
+		hlen = ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
+		layer = "ieee802";
+		break;
 	case ARPHRD_INFINIBAND:
 		hlen = 20;	/* RFC 4391, INFINIBAND_ALEN */
 		layer = "infiniband";