diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 19df4ed6be24075c806af85c6cdf8f3364e5dd88..6985ac843eaf4e605ce0dab7a52ce1c2bc6dd7a3 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -1068,9 +1068,10 @@ ignored if \fISchedulerType=sched/wiki\fR or
 
 .TP
 \fB\-\-no\-requeue\fR
-Specifies that the batch job should not be requeued after node failure.
+Specifies that the batch job should never be requeued under any circumstances.
 Setting this option will prevent system administrators from being able
-to restart the job (for example, after a scheduled downtime).
+to restart the job (for example, after a scheduled downtime), recover from
+a node failure, or be requeued upon preemption by a higher priority job.
 When a job is requeued, the batch script is initiated from its beginning.
 Also see the \fB\-\-requeue\fR option.
 The \fIJobRequeue\fR configuration parameter controls the default
@@ -1275,7 +1276,9 @@ silently ignored.
 
 .TP
 \fB\-\-requeue\fR
-Specifies that the batch job should be requeued after node failure.
+Specifies that the batch job should eligible to being requeue.
+The job may be requeued explicitly by a system administrator, after node
+failure, or upon preemption by a higher priority job.
 When a job is requeued, the batch script is initiated from its beginning.
 Also see the \fB\-\-no\-requeue\fR option.
 The \fIJobRequeue\fR configuration parameter controls the default
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 79bec02110f16bbc7ceb2508130269ee11ba5b6d..a0091f4c1305cd8ae209f3e04cb400d281690cad 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -1192,11 +1192,13 @@ By default, any existing file is truncated.
 
 .TP
 \fBJobRequeue\fR
-This option controls what to do by default after a node failure.
-If \fBJobRequeue\fR is set to a value of 1, then any batch job running
-on the failed node will be requeued for execution on different nodes.
-If \fBJobRequeue\fR is set to a value of 0, then any job running
-on the failed node will be terminated.
+This option controls the default ability for batch jobs to be requeued.
+Jobs may be requeued explicitly by a system administrator, after node
+failure, or upon preemption by a higher priority job.
+If \fBJobRequeue\fR is set to a value of 1, then batch job may be requeued
+unless explicitly disabled by the user.
+If \fBJobRequeue\fR is set to a value of 0, then batch job will not be requeued
+unless explicitly enabled by the user.
 Use the \fBsbatch\fR \fI\-\-no\-requeue\fR or \fI\-\-requeue\fR
 option to change the default behavior for individual jobs.
 The default value is 1.