diff --git a/doc/ip-cref.tex b/doc/ip-cref.tex
index d8fed66..f062b3a 100644
--- a/doc/ip-cref.tex
+++ b/doc/ip-cref.tex
@@ -2542,13 +2542,15 @@
 the \verb|monitor| command is the first in the command line and then
 the object list follows:
 \begin{verbatim}
-  ip monitor [ file FILE ] [ all | OBJECT-LIST ]
+  ip monitor [ file FILE ] [ all | OBJECT-LIST ] [ label ]
 \end{verbatim}
-\verb|OBJECT-LIST| is the list of object types that we want to monitor.
-It may contain \verb|link|, \verb|address| and \verb|route|.
-If no \verb|file| argument is given, \verb|ip| opens RTNETLINK,
-listens on it and dumps state changes in the format described
-in previous sections.
+\verb|OBJECT-LIST| is the list of object types that we want to
+monitor.  It may contain \verb|link|, \verb|address| and \verb|route|.
+Specifying \verb|label| indicates that output lines should be labelled
+with the type of object being printed --- this happens by default if
+\verb|all| is specified.  If no \verb|file| argument is given,
+\verb|ip| opens RTNETLINK, listens on it and dumps state changes in
+the format described in previous sections.
 
 If a file name is given, it does not listen on RTNETLINK,
 but opens the file containing RTNETLINK messages saved in binary format
diff --git a/ip/ipmonitor.c b/ip/ipmonitor.c
index 86c473e..4895390 100644
--- a/ip/ipmonitor.c
+++ b/ip/ipmonitor.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 static void usage(void)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ip monitor [ all | LISTofOBJECTS ] [ FILE ]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ip monitor [ all | LISTofOBJECTS ] [ FILE ] [ label ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "LISTofOBJECTS := link | address | route | mroute | prefix |\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "                 neigh | netconf\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "FILE := file FILENAME\n");
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@
 		if (matches(*argv, "file") == 0) {
 			NEXT_ARG();
 			file = *argv;
+		} else if (matches(*argv, "label") == 0) {
+			prefix_banner = 1;
 		} else if (matches(*argv, "link") == 0) {
 			llink=1;
 			groups = 0;