diff --git a/SYNTAX-REFERENCE.md b/SYNTAX-REFERENCE.md
index 1afaa788..c03cd6b3 100755
--- a/SYNTAX-REFERENCE.md
+++ b/SYNTAX-REFERENCE.md
@@ -2450,6 +2450,35 @@ Inputs contains inputs for the network socket
 
 <div class="dd">
 
+<code>port</code>  <i>string</i>
+
+</div>
+<div class="dt">
+
+description: |
+   Port is the port to send network requests to. this acts as default port but is overriden if target/input contains
+ non-http(s) ports like 80,8080,8081 etc
+
+</div>
+
+<hr />
+
+<div class="dd">
+
+<code>exclude-ports</code>  <i>string</i>
+
+</div>
+<div class="dt">
+
+description:	|
+	ExcludePorts is the list of ports to exclude from being scanned . It is intended to be used with `Port` field and contains a list of ports which are ignored/skipped
+
+</div>
+
+<hr />
+
+<div class="dd">
+
 <code>read-size</code>  <i>int</i>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/nuclei-jsonschema.json b/nuclei-jsonschema.json
index 723f06f8..d5041df8 100644
--- a/nuclei-jsonschema.json
+++ b/nuclei-jsonschema.json
@@ -1134,6 +1134,16 @@
           "title": "inputs for the network request",
           "description": "Inputs contains any input/output for the current request"
         },
+        "port": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "port to send requests to",
+          "description": "Port to send network requests to"
+        },
+        "exclude-ports": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "exclude ports from being scanned",
+          "description": "Exclude ports from being scanned"
+        },
         "read-size": {
           "type": "integer",
           "title": "size of network response to read",
diff --git a/v2/pkg/templates/templates_doc.go b/v2/pkg/templates/templates_doc.go
index e093fe88..37859049 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/templates/templates_doc.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/templates/templates_doc.go
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ func init() {
 			Value: "Full Network protocol data",
 		},
 	}
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields = make([]encoder.Doc, 7)
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields = make([]encoder.Doc, 9)
 	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[0].Name = "id"
 	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[0].Type = "string"
 	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[0].Note = ""
@@ -1107,20 +1107,30 @@ func init() {
 	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[4].Note = ""
 	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[4].Description = "Inputs contains inputs for the network socket"
 	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[4].Comments[encoder.LineComment] = "Inputs contains inputs for the network socket"
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Name = "read-size"
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Type = "int"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Name = "port"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Type = "string"
 	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Note = ""
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Description = "ReadSize is the size of response to read at the end\n\nDefault value for read-size is 1024."
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Comments[encoder.LineComment] = "ReadSize is the size of response to read at the end"
-
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].AddExample("", 2048)
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Name = "read-all"
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Type = "bool"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Description = "description: |\n   Port is the port to send network requests to. this acts as default port but is overriden if target/input contains\n non-http(s) ports like 80,8080,8081 etc"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[5].Comments[encoder.LineComment] = " description: |"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Name = "exclude-ports"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Type = "string"
 	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Note = ""
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Description = "ReadAll determines if the data stream should be read till the end regardless of the size\n\nDefault value for read-all is false."
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Comments[encoder.LineComment] = "ReadAll determines if the data stream should be read till the end regardless of the size"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Description = "description:	|\n	ExcludePorts is the list of ports to exclude from being scanned . It is intended to be used with `Port` field and contains a list of ports which are ignored/skipped"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].Comments[encoder.LineComment] = " description:	|"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[7].Name = "read-size"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[7].Type = "int"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[7].Note = ""
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[7].Description = "ReadSize is the size of response to read at the end\n\nDefault value for read-size is 1024."
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[7].Comments[encoder.LineComment] = "ReadSize is the size of response to read at the end"
 
-	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[6].AddExample("", false)
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[7].AddExample("", 2048)
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[8].Name = "read-all"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[8].Type = "bool"
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[8].Note = ""
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[8].Description = "ReadAll determines if the data stream should be read till the end regardless of the size\n\nDefault value for read-all is false."
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[8].Comments[encoder.LineComment] = "ReadAll determines if the data stream should be read till the end regardless of the size"
+
+	NETWORKRequestDoc.Fields[8].AddExample("", false)
 
 	NETWORKInputDoc.Type = "network.Input"
 	NETWORKInputDoc.Comments[encoder.LineComment] = ""