diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/build.html.md b/website/source/docs/commands/build.html.md
index 605dcef7f..7e559b974 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/build.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/build.html.md
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ artifacts that are created will be outputted at the end of the build.
     This will allow the user to inspect state and so on.
 
 -   `-except=foo,bar,baz` - Run all the builds and post-processors except those
-    with the given comma-separated names. Build names by default are their
-    type, unless a specific `name` attribute is specified within the
-    configuration. Any post-processor following a skipped post-processor will
-    not run. Because post-processors can be nested in arrays a different
-    post-processor chain can still run. A post-processor with an empty name
-    will be ignored.
+    with the given comma-separated names. Build and post-processor names by
+    default are their type, unless a specific `name` attribute is specified
+    within the configuration. Any post-processor following a skipped
+    post-processor will not run. Because post-processors can be nested in
+    arrays a different post-processor chain can still run. A post-processor
+    with an empty name will be ignored.
 
 -   `-force` - Forces a builder to run when artifacts from a previous build
     prevent a build from running. The exact behavior of a forced build is left
diff --git a/website/source/docs/commands/validate.html.md b/website/source/docs/commands/validate.html.md
index fd7b4f144..ead5a4fa9 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/commands/validate.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/commands/validate.html.md
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ Errors validating build 'vmware'. 1 error(s) occurred:
     configuration is not validated.
 
 -   `-except=foo,bar,baz` - Builds all the builds and post-processors except
-    those with the given comma-separated names. Build names by default are the
-    names of their builders, unless a specific `name` attribute is specified
-    within the configuration. A post-processor with an empty name will be
-    ignored.
+    those with the given comma-separated names. Build and post-processor names
+    by default are the names of their builders, unless a specific `name`
+    attribute is specified within the configuration. A post-processor with an
+    empty name will be ignored.
 
 -   `-only=foo,bar,baz` - Only build the builds with the given comma-separated
     names. Build names by default are the names of their builders, unless a
diff --git a/website/source/docs/templates/post-processors.html.md b/website/source/docs/templates/post-processors.html.md
index cd4ce1fd8..8b041d73b 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/templates/post-processors.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/templates/post-processors.html.md
@@ -148,12 +148,13 @@ effectively the same. `only` and `except` can only be specified on "detailed"
 fields. If you have a sequence of post-processors to run, `only` and `except`
 will affect that post-processor and stop the sequence.
 
-The `-except` option can specifically skip a named post processor.
+The `-except` option can specifically skip a named post processor. The `-only`
+option *ignores* post-processors.
 
 ``` json
 [
   {
-    // can also be skipped when running `packer build -except vbox`
+    // can be skipped when running `packer build -except vbox`
     "name": "vbox",
     "type": "vagrant",
     "only": ["virtualbox-iso"]