diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index e0d2b9ddf3c4995b285c354dcb0b564a0d374aa9..ff513e8d5d920621bf4b43ba99fc25295e1f6651 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -476,6 +476,17 @@ Used to directly bind to the address of what the node resolves to instead
 of binding messages to any address on the node which is the default.
 This option is for all daemons/clients except for the slurmctld.
 .RE
+.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.
+.RE
+.TP
+\fBDisableIPv4\fR
+Disable IPv4 only operation for all slurm daemons (except slurmdbd).
+.RE
+
 
 .TP
 \fBCompleteWait\fR
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
index b1d8030265a211721505831b9a5b8fd6ca56844d..5222fe0efdb98b5e387748bbc03b5605639886c2 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" "September 2020" "Slurm Configuration File"
+.TH "slurmdbd.conf" "5" "Slurm Configuration File" "October 2020" "Slurm Configuration File"
 
 .SH "NAME"
 slurmdbd.conf \- Slurm Database Daemon (SlurmDBD) configuration file
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ present.
 .TP
 \fBCommunicationParameters\fR
 Comma separated options identifying communication options.
+.RS
+.TP 15
+\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.
+.RE
+.TP
+\fBDisableIPv4\fR
+Disable IPv4 only operation for the slurmdbd.
+.RE
 
 .TP
 \fBDbdBackupHost\fR