diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index e8a8d11a8d900de50a8d92c18e825cb17abf960f..a5139168784b97ec9e8193cfb216d943ca45cfc7 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -604,9 +604,6 @@ AcctGatherEnergy debug info
 \fBExtSensors\fR
 External Sensors debug info
 .TP
-\fBFederation\fR
-Federation scheduling debug info
-.TP
 \fBFrontEnd\fR
 Front end node details
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
index 2dee30229b24ea1d00d9f6b79498a4a35280408b..decc6e2e5f5214bf1627e46ee7f6ae28f4859d32 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
@@ -225,9 +225,6 @@ in the database.
 .TP
 \fBDB_WCKEY\fR
 SQL statements/queries when dealing with wckeys in the database.
-.TP
-\fBFEDERATION\fR
-SQL statements/queries when dealing with federations in the database.
 .RE
 
 .TP