diff --git a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1 b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
index 428c344fa61446c88364b7597a1f8461339d7cf0..f903ba64efb2a21e35ffc99cc649b667e4091cb3 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ rebooted. You can explicitly drain the nodes in order to reboot nodes as soon
 as possible, but the nodes must also explicitly be returned to service after
 being rebooted. You can alternately create an advanced reservation to
 prevent additional jobs from being initiated on nodes to be rebooted.
+NOTE: Nodes will be placed in a state of "MAINT" until rebooted and returned
+to service with a normal state.
 
 .TP
 \fBreconfigure\fP
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sinfo.1 b/doc/man/man1/sinfo.1
index 827068edc9b3546b301eb291af830ae5183ad1e4..2a938b1337d84f47123ada87a796385ff858880c 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sinfo.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sinfo.1
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ man page or the \fBslurm.conf\fR(5) man page for more information.
 The node is not allocated to any jobs and is available for use.
 .TP
 \fBMAINT\fR
-The node is currently in a reservation with a flag value of "maintenance".
+The node is currently in a reservation with a flag value of "maintenance"
+or is scheduled to be rebooted.
 .TP
 \fBUNKNOWN\fR
 The SLURM controller has just started and the node's state