diff --git a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1 b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
index 5eca517ebd77f7c02877a55b4a2b76d103ebbb34..eaa68c19ed1019207b3579b25a25f3b950774038 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
@@ -477,7 +477,11 @@ round\-robin fashion). For example, consider an allocation of three
 nodes each with two cpus. A four\-task cyclic distribution request
 will distribute those tasks to the nodes with tasks one and four on
 the first node, task two on the second node, and task three on the
-third node. Cyclic distribution is the default behavior if the number
+third node. 
+Note that when SelectType is select/cons_res the same number of CPUs
+may not be allocated on each node. Distribution will be round\-robin
+among all the nodes with CPUs yet to be allocated.
+Cyclic distribution is the default behavior if the number
 of tasks is no larger than the number of allocated nodes.
 .TP
 .B plane
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 55948ec0d2a361c29c335aa1c250ac6c56803e86..4fcb3fd7393db6cb7ac0e9c22f8c5b50c6f91040 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -536,7 +536,11 @@ round\-robin fashion). For example, consider an allocation of three
 nodes each with two cpus. A four\-task cyclic distribution request
 will distribute those tasks to the nodes with tasks one and four on
 the first node, task two on the second node, and task three on the
-third node. Cyclic distribution is the default behavior if the number
+third node. 
+Note that when SelectType is select/cons_res the same number of CPUs
+may not be allocated on each node. Distribution will be round\-robin
+among all the nodes with CPUs yet to be allocated.
+Cyclic distribution is the default behavior if the number
 of tasks is no larger than the number of allocated nodes.
 .TP
 .B plane
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
index d9b9d9edd33177e5e7ee8e90fc0915d9c3580adc..e6ac541edc8beac8242788ecebfeb67b5b979e0a 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
@@ -533,7 +533,11 @@ round\-robin fashion). For example, consider an allocation of three
 nodes each with two cpus. A four\-task cyclic distribution request
 will distribute those tasks to the nodes with tasks one and four on
 the first node, task two on the second node, and task three on the
-third node. Cyclic distribution is the default behavior if the number
+third node. 
+Note that when SelectType is select/cons_res the same number of CPUs
+may not be allocated on each node. Distribution will be round\-robin
+among all the nodes with CPUs yet to be allocated.
+Cyclic distribution is the default behavior if the number
 of tasks is no larger than the number of allocated nodes.
 .TP
 .B plane