diff --git a/ctrl/alias.cfg b/ctrl/alias.cfg
index 84811e3a3ab2401f927d85d6960bdcfa05971c77..b863b608b4bebe4728e24e3e5e954a300e6eef57 100644
--- a/ctrl/alias.cfg
+++ b/ctrl/alias.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-; Alias                 User Name or number
+; Alias                 	User Name, number, or forward address
+; -------------------		-------------------------------------
+; wildcards (*) are allowed	wildcards (*) are allowed
+; can be <name>			can be <name>
+; or <name>@<address>		or <name>@<address> 
+;				or <name>@<address>:<port>
 
-root			sysop
-sysadmin		sysop
-webmaster		sysop
-great.drummer		Rob Swindell
+root				sysop
+abuse				sysop
+sysadmin			sysop
+webmaster			sysop
+great.drummer@*			rob@synchro.net