diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index e7b2a88990d8d4eb8e9f1bc5edc59f41341ec35f..2c02a7c95bee34d9a9638307529a25d39b0a8a29 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ in power save mode is assigned work to perform.
 For reasons of reliability, \fBResumeProgram\fR may execute more than once
 for a node when the \fBslurmctld\fR daemon crashes and is restarted.
 If \fBResumeProgram\fR is unable to restore a node to service, it should
-requeue any node associated with the node and set the node state to DRAIN.
+requeue any job associated with the node and set the node state to DRAIN.
 The program executes as \fBSlurmUser\fR.
 The argument to the program will be the names of nodes to
 be removed from power savings mode (using Slurm's hostlist