diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sacct.1 b/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
index ab327977d36693843796542eb1077784bbefb1ee..912b585c5b0704c1c11efc314c4ea2aab1569fd8 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ The default input file is the file named in the
 
 .TP "10"
 \f3\-a\fP\f3,\fP \f3\-\-allusers\fP
-Displays the current user's jobs. Displays all users jobs when run by root.
+Displays all users jobs when run by user root or if \fBPrivateData\fP is not
+configurred to \fBjobs\fP.
+Otherwise display the current user's jobs
 .IP
 
 .TP