diff --git a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1 b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
index 72793fe098e3603091fb1cf62e7b35ec3587e137..99ed835ceb2426b702c137af647c115f34480f03 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ Most configuration parameters can be changed by just running this command,
 however, Slurm daemons should be shutdown and restarted if any of these
 parameters are to be changed: AuthType, BackupAddr, BackupController,
 ControlAddr, ControlMach, PluginDir, StateSaveLocation, SlurmctldPort
-or SlurmdPort. The slurmctld daemon must be restarted if nodes are added to
-or removed from the cluster.
+or SlurmdPort. The slurmctld daemon and all slurmd daemons must be
+restarted if nodes are added to or removed from the cluster.
 
 .TP
 \fBrelease\fP \fIjob_list\fP