diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 60b75321..80e6d372 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.480
+8.3.481
diff --git a/doc/html/lef.html b/doc/html/lef.html
index c8f12ade..f197132e 100644
--- a/doc/html/lef.html
+++ b/doc/html/lef.html
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ LEF-format input and output
 		itself would be written to a DEF file. <BR>
 		Options <B>-hide</B>, <B>-tech</B>, and <B>-toplayer</B> are
 		the same as for the <B>lef write</B> command.
-	   <DT> <B>nocheck</B> [<I>netname</I> ...]|[<B>none</B>]
+	   <DT> <B>nocheck</B> [<I>netname</I> ...]|[<B>none</B>]|[<B>*</B>]
 	   <DD> Do not check for antenna diffusion and gate area on the nets with
 		the names given as option <I>netname</I>.
 		Any number of net names may be given as arguments.  Typically,
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ LEF-format input and output
 		skipped automatically.  If not, then this command option provides
 		an alternative way to avoid running the checks, which can cause
 		a huge performance hit when generating a LEF view of a large
-		layout.  With the single argument "<B>none</B>", removes the
+		layout.  The single argument "<B>*</B>" will cause all net checks
+		to be skipped, and no antenna information will appear in the
+		LEF file output.  The single argument "<B>none</B>" removes the
 		list of net names for which antenna checks should be skipped.
 	   <DT> <B>datestamp</B> [<I>value</I>|<B>default</B>]
 	   <DD> Force all cell definitions generated from LEF macros to have
diff --git a/lef/lefWrite.c b/lef/lefWrite.c
index 968ee0f3..93657b18 100644
--- a/lef/lefWrite.c
+++ b/lef/lefWrite.c
@@ -1468,7 +1468,8 @@ lefWriteMacro(def, f, scale, setback, pinonly, toplayer, domaster)
 	    // Check for net names to ignore for antenna checks.
 	    if (!ignored)
 		for (lnn = lefIgnoreNets; lnn; lnn = lnn->lnn_next)
-		    if (!strcmp(lnn->lnn_name, lab->lab_text))
+		    if (!strcmp(lnn->lnn_name, lab->lab_text) ||
+				!strcmp(lnn->lnn_name, "*"))
 			ignored = TRUE;
 
 	    if (!ignored || (setback != 0))