diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 42fbeb40563063a69457ed96eec0f193a73a324d..f0038f010191b7a8cef06afa24454d7fe77ad180 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
  -- Fix incorrect casting when [un]packing derived_ec on slurmdb_job_rec_t.
  -- Document that persistent burst buffers can not be created or destroyed using
     the salloc or srun --bb options.
+ -- Document that the SLURM_JOB_ACCOUNT and SLURM_JOB_QOS environment variables
+    are set for the salloc and sbatch commands in their man pages.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 16.05.3
 ==========================
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1 b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
index ccad0330fe903ce3783c9cf4c38a7336968edd14..3d19d5c257ead03c03a6d231857887e0c6ad6bf7 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
@@ -1555,6 +1555,9 @@ Only set if the \fB\-\-cpus\-per\-task\fR option is specified.
 \fBSLURM_DISTRIBUTION\fR
 Same as \fB\-m, \-\-distribution\fR
 .TP
+\fBSLURM_JOB_ACCOUNT\fR
+Account name associated of the job allocation.
+.TP
 \fBSLURM_JOB_ID\fR (and \fBSLURM_JOBID\fR for backwards compatibility)
 The ID of the job allocation.
 .TP
@@ -1575,6 +1578,9 @@ Total number of nodes in the job allocation.
 \fBSLURM_JOB_PARTITION\fR
 Name of the partition in which the job is running.
 .TP
+\fBSLURM_JOB_QOS\fR
+Quality Of Service (QOS) of the job allocation.
+.TP
 \fBSLURM_MEM_BIND\fR
 Set to value of the \-\-mem_bind\fR option.
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 0f5e0d088c9f4f26de4d2467e60cd577612087ba..35f46f2f681410e09c66ed0419a3a3d28b1a6bc8 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -1854,6 +1854,9 @@ Same as \fB\-m, \-\-distribution\fR
 \fBSLURM_GTIDS\fR
 Global task IDs running on this node.  Zero  origin and comma separated.
 .TP
+\fBSLURM_JOB_ACCOUNT\fR
+Account name associated of the job allocation.
+.TP
 \fBSLURM_JOB_ID\fR (and \fBSLURM_JOBID\fR for backwards compatibility)
 The ID of the job allocation.
 .TP
@@ -1880,6 +1883,9 @@ Total number of nodes in the job's resource allocation.
 \fBSLURM_JOB_PARTITION\fR
 Name of the partition in which the job is running.
 .TP
+\fBSLURM_JOB_QOS\fR
+Quality Of Service (QOS) of the job allocation.
+.TP
 \fBSLURM_LOCALID\fR
 Node local task ID for the process within a job.
 .TP