diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 784865830745a9199527ada6a95265bcbae60f1d..6f913f9ae973269ff34c327d7ce8f47269663523 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -1368,7 +1368,8 @@ scheduling module "sched/backfill" (see \fBSchedulerType\fR).
 
 .TP
 \fBSchedulerTimeSlice\fR
-Number of seconds in each time slice when \fBSchedulerType=sched/gang\fR.
+Number of seconds in each time slice when gang scheduling is enabled
+(\fBPreemptMode=GANG\fR).
 The default value is 30 seconds.
 
 .TP