diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index eb73e13825..064b6b2f9a 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ conditions are currently same.
 may be used to require no conditions (useful for clearly globally
 set conditions within a particular database).
 .TP
+.B sasl-host <fqdn>
+Used to specify the fully qualified domain name used for SASL processing.
+.TP
 .B sasl-realm <string>
 Used to specify Cyrus SASL realm.
 .TP