diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index adc308a56ba9310ab896bd74a72cf00eddf44ad8..6bf984cc600a12ff84cbb33e63062d2c29a7a118 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -4227,6 +4227,8 @@ If user root attempts to execute a job as another user (e.g. using
 srun's \-\-uid option), this other user must be in one of groups
 identified by AllowGroups for the job to successfully execute.
 The default value is "ALL".
+When set, all partitions that a user does not have access will be hidden from
+display regardless of the settings used for PrivateData.
 \fBNOTE:\fR For performance reasons, Slurm maintains a list of user IDs
 allowed to use each partition and this is checked at job submission time.
 This list of user IDs is updated when the \fBslurmctld\fR daemon is restarted,