diff --git a/include/proto/filters.h b/include/proto/filters.h
index f9b0fb0ec..28084f9a0 100644
--- a/include/proto/filters.h
+++ b/include/proto/filters.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ int  flt_xfer_data(struct stream *s, struct channel *chn, unsigned int an_bit);
 void           flt_register_keywords(struct flt_kw_list *kwl);
 struct flt_kw *flt_find_kw(const char *kw);
 void           flt_dump_kws(char **out);
+void           list_filters(FILE *out);
 
 /* Helper function that returns the "global" state of filters attached to a
  * stream. */
diff --git a/include/types/filters.h b/include/types/filters.h
index 84469469a..0e4d99ab5 100644
--- a/include/types/filters.h
+++ b/include/types/filters.h
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ struct filter;
 
 /* Descriptor for a "filter" keyword. The ->parse() function returns 0 in case
  * of success, or a combination of ERR_* flags if an error is encountered. The
- * function pointer can be NULL if not implemented. The function also has an
- * access to the current "server" config line. The ->skip value tells the parser
- * how many words have to be skipped after the keyword. If the function needs to
- * parse more keywords, it needs to update cur_arg.
+ * function pointer can be NULL if not implemented.
  */
 struct flt_kw {
 	const char *kw;
diff --git a/src/filters.c b/src/filters.c
index 420ad8029..a8efaa181 100644
--- a/src/filters.c
+++ b/src/filters.c
@@ -150,6 +150,21 @@ flt_dump_kws(char **out)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Lists the known filters on <out>
+ */
+void
+list_filters(FILE *out)
+{
+	char *filters, *p, *f;
+
+	fprintf(out, "Available filters :\n");
+	flt_dump_kws(&filters);
+	for (p = filters; (f = strtok_r(p,"\n",&p));)
+		fprintf(out, "\t%s\n", f);
+	free(filters);
+}
+
 /*
  * Parses the "filter" keyword. All keywords must be handled by filters
  * themselves
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 51af55abc..0c223e5b8 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ void display_build_opts()
 
 	list_pollers(stdout);
 	putchar('\n');
+	list_filters(stdout);
+	putchar('\n');
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1126,8 +1128,11 @@ void init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Note: we could disable any poller by name here */
 
-	if (global.mode & (MODE_VERBOSE|MODE_DEBUG))
+	if (global.mode & (MODE_VERBOSE|MODE_DEBUG)) {
 		list_pollers(stderr);
+		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+		list_filters(stderr);
+	}
 
 	if (!init_pollers()) {
 		Alert("No polling mechanism available.\n"