diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 55ea8e2ae0733704fa20af39605565afad77a2e5..b58d95084836e6bd316cec4de2a975fc20d4431d 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -476,12 +476,13 @@ to see if the system is quiescing when sending a message, and if so, we wait
 until it is done before sending.
 .TP
 \fBDisableIPv4\fR
-Disable IPv4 only operation for all slurm daemons (except slurmdbd).
+Disable IPv4 only operation for all slurm daemons (except slurmdbd). This
+should also be set in your \fBslurmdbd.conf\fR file.
 .TP
 \fBEnableIPv6\fR
 Enable using IPv6 addresses for all slurm daemons (except slurmdbd). When
 using both IPv4 and IPv6, address family preferences will be based on your
-/etc/gai.conf file.
+/etc/gai.conf file. This should also be set in your \fBslurmdbd.conf\fR file.
 .TP
 \fBNoAddrCache\fR
 By default, Slurm will cache a node's network address after successfully
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
index 3bde27ef89c12df9aa577b67378fa9357d03bb31..2ff9d83a5cd1504436e26b1bd0290d5f3eeca602 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" "October 2020" "Slurm Configuration File"
+.TH "slurmdbd.conf" "5" "Slurm Configuration File" "November 2020" "Slurm Configuration File"
 
 .SH "NAME"
 slurmdbd.conf \- Slurm Database Daemon (SlurmDBD) configuration file
@@ -177,11 +177,13 @@ Comma separated options identifying communication options.
 .RS
 .TP 15
 \fBDisableIPv4\fR
-Disable IPv4 only operation for the slurmdbd.
+Disable IPv4 only operation for the slurmdbd. This should also be set in your
+\fBslurm.conf\fR file.
 .TP
 \fBEnableIPv6\fR
 Enable using IPv6 addresses for the slurmdbd. When using both IPv4 and IPv6,
-address family preferences will be based on your /etc/gai.conf file.
+address family preferences will be based on your /etc/gai.conf file. This
+should also be set in your \fBslurm.conf\fR file.
 .RE
 
 .TP