diff --git a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1 b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
index 658c18cb9c54245780580b03e62dc86ca19e3666..d10e5d96f0e894dc843a659de784d4f54ab898e1 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ in some failed state (non-zero exit code, node failure, timed out, etc).
 .TP
 \fBafterok:job_id[:jobid...]\fR
 This job can begin execution after the specified jobs have successfully
-executed (ran to completion with non-zero exit code).
+executed (ran to completion with an exit code of zero).
 .TP
 \fBsingleton\fR
 This job can begin execution after any previously launched jobs
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 0c0ed5ecd02be4c0b6ec178b97dc2e25b48f7623..0cdfa03e1e3cd47f580f8379821d362984e9d2d8 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ in some failed state (non-zero exit code, node failure, timed out, etc).
 .TP
 \fBafterok:job_id[:jobid...]\fR
 This job can begin execution after the specified jobs have successfully
-executed (ran to completion with non-zero exit code).
+executed (ran to completion with an exit code of zero).
 .TP
 \fBsingleton\fR
 This job can begin execution after any previously launched jobs
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1 b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
index 385c51449c41bc02a539a8c7338551e6d77f97e0..5999834c206ccbf5b4e3aa279bef15621cbf06bd 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ in some failed state (non-zero exit code, node failure, timed out, etc).
 .TP
 \fBafterok:job_id[:jobid...]\fR
 This job can begin execution after the specified jobs have successfully
-executed (ran to completion with non-zero exit code).
+executed (ran to completion with an exit code of zero).
 .TP
 \fBsingleton\fR
 This job can begin execution after any previously launched jobs
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
index b17e144e0a2ebaabe42a96a09b29b4c2036f7ff9..8187ac65df8b344ef8281126d67bbcc4e5b5c2e2 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ in some failed state (non-zero exit code, node failure, timed out, etc).
 .TP
 \fBafterok:job_id[:jobid...]\fR
 This job can begin execution after the specified jobs have successfully
-executed (ran to completion with non-zero exit code).
+executed (ran to completion with an exit code of zero).
 .TP
 \fBsingleton\fR
 This job can begin execution after any previously launched jobs