diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 7425e938b0fe22002b890350874f364389b7777e..5389c94f8916afc6a28da3decc9d8bc3a6b9b0c9 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "slurm.conf" "5" "Slurm Configuration File" "February 2019" "Slurm Configuration File"
+.TH "slurm.conf" "5" "Slurm Configuration File" "May 2019" "Slurm Configuration File"
 
 .SH "NAME"
 slurm.conf \- Slurm configuration file
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ NULL.  Also see \fBDefaultStoragePass\fR.
 \fBAccountingStoragePort\fR
 The listening port of the accounting storage database server.
 Only used for database type storage plugins, ignored otherwise.
+The default value is SLURMDBD_PORT as established at system
+build time. If no value is explicitly specified, it will be set to 6819.
+This value must be equal to the \fBDbdPort\fR parameter in the
+slurmdbd.conf file.
 Also see \fBDefaultStoragePort\fR.
 
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
index 4a032bb0588f39fc09c1927834412161fca2c277..0000175bcf037f29a884ef135b9ea73b3c8a365f 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "slurmdbd.conf" "5" "Slurm Configuration File" "August 2018" "Slurm Configuration File"
+.TH "slurmdbd.conf" "5" "Slurm Configuration File" "May 2019" "Slurm Configuration File"
 
 .SH "NAME"
 slurmdbd.conf \- Slurm Database Daemon (SlurmDBD) configuration file
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ This value must be specified.
 \fBDbdPort\fR
 The port number that the Slurm Database Daemon (slurmdbd) listens
 to for work. The default value is SLURMDBD_PORT as established at system
-build time. If none is explicitly specified, it will be set to 6819.
+build time. If no value is explicitly specified, it will be set to 6819.
 This value must be equal to the \fBAccountingStoragePort\fR parameter in the
 slurm.conf file.