diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3b14b2c7082e5b48e835ad41131f7c5bd3087439..4ec5042e396132576c151d7c9f82a319931fc447 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.1.0-pre9
 =============================
+ -- Added the "scontrol update SlurmctldDebug" as the preferred alternative to
+    the "scontrol setdebug" command.
  -- BLUEGENE - made it so when removing a block in an error state the nodes in
     the block are set correctly in accounting as not in error.
  -- Fixed issue where if slurmdbd is not up qos' are set up correctly for
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1 b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
index 8265109cf70537c4da0c37e6bf52db9c904ce7b0..b6211f691a624b2acfe662e2c8b62bc1b89b2acd 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ Mimimum memory required per allocated CPU in MegaBytes.
 Default value is \fBDefMemPerCPU\fR and the maximum value is
 \fBMaxMemPerCPU\fR. If configured, both of parameters can be
 seen using the \fBscontrol show config\fR command.
-This parameter would generally be used of individual processors
+This parameter would generally be used if individual processors
 are allocated to jobs (\fBSelectType=select/cons_res\fR).
 Also see \fB\-\-mem\fR.
 \fB\-\-mem\fR and \fB\-\-mem\-per\-cpu\fR are mutually exclusive.
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 5e0c856c18907fd9827e13e8012c66f6d33fac90..227c902ae229d1c9f0c7bf1a4f925f455c4bdf88 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ Mimimum memory required per allocated CPU in MegaBytes.
 Default value is \fBDefMemPerCPU\fR and the maximum value is
 \fBMaxMemPerCPU\fR. If configured, both of parameters can be
 seen using the \fBscontrol show config\fR command.
-This parameter would generally be used of individual processors
+This parameter would generally be used if individual processors
 are allocated to jobs (\fBSelectType=select/cons_res\fR).
 Also see \fB\-\-mem\fR.
 \fB\-\-mem\fR and \fB\-\-mem\-per\-cpu\fR are mutually exclusive.
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
index 1b2e9cc64f0b4239bd0a3d3bd4cfeef55d77290e..a231c4b47aea70f1afdff28bbd5b20d1f9808bc7 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ Mimimum memory required per allocated CPU in MegaBytes.
 Default value is \fBDefMemPerCPU\fR and the maximum value is
 \fBMaxMemPerCPU\fR. If configured, both of parameters can be
 seen using the \fBscontrol show config\fR command.
-This parameter would generally be used of individual processors
+This parameter would generally be used if individual processors
 are allocated to jobs (\fBSelectType=select/cons_res\fR).
 Also see \fB\-\-mem\fR.
 \fB\-\-mem\fR and \fB\-\-mem\-per\-cpu\fR are mutually exclusive.