diff --git a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1 b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
index 5ee3fb8c16d60a7a710a7e6f514a890522a252c2..ab685851617529d2f808302c69de8527722e44b3 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
@@ -1988,8 +1988,7 @@ Same as \fB\-\-mem\fR
 Set to count of components in heterogeneous job.
 .TP
 \fBSLURM_SUBMIT_DIR\fR
-The directory from which \fBsalloc\fR was invoked or, if applicable, the
-directory specified by the \fB\-D, \-\-chdir\fR option.
+The directory from which \fBsalloc\fR was invoked.
 .TP
 \fBSLURM_SUBMIT_HOST\fR
 The hostname of the computer from which \fBsalloc\fR was invoked.
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 45a42a0e28e8446f7c1c34e9b01acc46c00bcaa6..efd738b139ab551a20a9cee55462f3493aa84ec9 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -2338,8 +2338,7 @@ explicitly requeued, this will be sent to the number of times
 the job has been restarted.
 .TP
 \fBSLURM_SUBMIT_DIR\fR
-The directory from which \fBsbatch\fR was invoked or, if applicable, the
-directory specified by the \fB\-D, \-\-chdir\fR option.
+The directory from which \fBsbatch\fR was invoked.
 .TP
 \fBSLURM_SUBMIT_HOST\fR
 The hostname of the computer from which \fBsbatch\fR was invoked.
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
index 2087adb903ab475ccdfca583fd50f3c8c49c81fa..b03b2ce30ce660b4a1219bf3998eb764b096414e 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
@@ -3089,8 +3089,7 @@ Number of processes per node within the step.
 The step ID of the current job.
 .TP
 \fBSLURM_SUBMIT_DIR\fR
-The directory from which \fBsrun\fR was invoked or, if applicable, the
-directory specified by the \fB\-D, \-\-chdir\fR option.
+The directory from which \fBsrun\fR was invoked.
 .TP
 \fBSLURM_SUBMIT_HOST\fR
 The hostname of the computer from which \fBsalloc\fR was invoked.