diff --git a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1 b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
index bdf8ed40dc4ae343e10fe99ac9734c5f07567255..bb480d130e381f2b4482e2ae7788a86f63aa0e39 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
@@ -672,11 +672,9 @@ Specify a minimum number of logical cpus/processors per node.
 .TP
 \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-nodes\fR=<\fIminnodes\fR[\-\fImaxnodes\fR]>
 Request that a minimum of \fIminnodes\fR nodes be allocated to this job.
-The scheduler may decide to launch the job on more than \fIminnodes\fR nodes.
-A limit on the maximum node count may be specified with \fImaxnodes\fR
-(e.g. "\-\-nodes=2\-4").  The minimum and maximum node count may be the
-same to specify a specific number of nodes (e.g. "\-\-nodes=2\-2" will ask
-for two and ONLY two nodes).
+A maximum node count may also be specified with \fImaxnodes\fR.
+If only one number is specified, this is used as both the minimum and
+maximum node count.
 The partition's node limits supersede those of the job.
 If a job's node limits are outside of the range permitted for its
 associated partition, the job will be left in a PENDING state.
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 55f88ea10e76c4c00f5ffbede0b81c7f93f67d02..bbfb60500f77fcac5880dd0198b011400b422c66 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -725,11 +725,9 @@ Specify a minimum number of logical cpus/processors per node.
 .TP
 \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-nodes\fR=<\fIminnodes\fR[\-\fImaxnodes\fR]>
 Request that a minimum of \fIminnodes\fR nodes be allocated to this job.
-The scheduler may decide to launch the job on more than \fIminnodes\fR nodes.
-A limit on the maximum node count may be specified with \fImaxnodes\fR
-(e.g. "\-\-nodes=2\-4").  The minimum and maximum node count may be the
-same to specify a specific number of nodes (e.g. "\-\-nodes=2\-2" will ask
-for two and ONLY two nodes).
+A maximum node count may also be specified with \fImaxnodes\fR.
+If only one number is specified, this is used as both the minimum and
+maximum node count.
 The partition's node limits supersede those of the job.
 If a job's node limits are outside of the range permitted for its
 associated partition, the job will be left in a PENDING state.
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
index 00ba95c1b3b60a1a7c901c8efbc1297ce210461e..0448d3be43762f463c178955a5625f9b5f329517 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
@@ -774,11 +774,9 @@ below for details on the configuration file contents.
 .TP
 \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-nodes\fR=<\fIminnodes\fR[\-\fImaxnodes\fR]>
 Request that a minimum of \fIminnodes\fR nodes be allocated to this job.
-The scheduler may decide to launch the job on more than \fIminnodes\fR nodes.
-A limit on the maximum node count may be specified with \fImaxnodes\fR
-(e.g. "\-\-nodes=2\-4").  The minimum and maximum node count may be the
-same to specify a specific number of nodes (e.g. "\-\-nodes=2\-2" will ask
-for two and ONLY two nodes).
+A maximum node count may also be specified with \fImaxnodes\fR.
+If only one number is specified, this is used as both the minimum and
+maximum node count.
 The partition's node limits supersede those of the job.
 If a job's node limits are outside of the range permitted for its
 associated partition, the job will be left in a PENDING state.