diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index ec04c0b6d3885dc824f92bca10be2cd98ddba1cd..a4837e95155363fb2a783e76dae1a63b6ff4493c 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -1607,10 +1607,7 @@ Without this option, by default one task will be allocated per
 thread on nodes with more than one \fBThreadsPerCore\fR configured.
 .TP
 \fBCR_CORE_DEFAULT_DIST_BLOCK\fR
-Allocate cores within a node using block distribution by default.
-This is a pseudo-best-fit algorithm that minimizes the number of
-boards and minimizes the number of sockets (within minimum boards)
-used for the allocation. 
+Allocate cores using block distribution by default.
 This default behavior can be overridden specifying a particular 
 "\-m" parameter with srun/salloc/sbatch.
 Without this option, cores will be allocated cyclicly across the sockets.
@@ -2333,14 +2330,6 @@ they must exactly match the entries in the \fBNodeName\fR
 By default, the \fBNodeAddr\fR will be identical in value to
 \fBNodeName\fR.
 
-.TP
-\fBBoards\fR
-Number of Baseboards in nodes with a baseboard controller.
-Note that when Boards is specified, SocketsPerBoard,
-CoresPerSocket, and ThreadsPerCore should be specified.
-Boards and CPUs are mutully exclusive.
-The default value is 1.
-
 .TP
 \fBCoresPerSocket\fR
 Number of cores in a single physical processor socket (e.g. "2").
@@ -2355,7 +2344,6 @@ The default value is 1.
 Number of logical processors on the node (e.g. "2").
 If \fBCPUs\fR is omitted, it will set equal to the product of
 \fBSockets\fR, \fBCoresPerSocket\fR, and \fBThreadsPerCore\fR.
-CPUs and Boards are mutually exclusive.
 The default value is 1.
 
 .TP
@@ -2410,15 +2398,6 @@ If Sockets is omitted, it will be inferred from
 \fBCPUs\fR, \fBCoresPerSocket\fR, and \fBThreadsPerCore\fR.
 \fBNOTE\fR: If you have multi\-core processors, you will likely
 need to specify these parameters.
-Sockets and SocketsPerBoard are mutually exclusive.
-If Sockets is specified when Boards is also used,
-Sockets is interpreted as SocketsPerBoard rather than total sockets.
-The default value is 1.
-
-.TP
-\fBSocketsPerBoard\fR
-Number of physical processor sockets/chips on a baseboard.
-Sockets and SocketsPerBoard are mutually exclusive.
 The default value is 1.
 
 .TP
@@ -3392,15 +3371,6 @@ See the \fBlogrotate\fR man page for more details.
 }
 .br
 
-.TP
-\fBReqResv\fR
-Specifies users of this partition are required to designate a reservation
-when submitting a job. This option can be useful in restricting usage 
-of a partition that may have higher priority or additional resources to be
-allowed only within a reservation. 
-Possible values are "YES" and "NO".
-The default value is "NO".
-
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002\-2007 The Regents of the University of California.
 Copyright (C) 2008\-2010 Lawrence Livermore National Security.