diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index 8600d51a51..a32cd76137 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -1600,12 +1600,12 @@ The keyword
 .I unlimited
 indicates that no limit is applied to the pagedResults control page size.
 The syntax
-.B size.prtotal={<integer>|unlimited|disabled}
+.B size.prtotal={<integer>|hard|unlimited|disabled}
 allows one to set a limit on the total number of entries that the pagedResults
 control will return.
 By default it is set to the 
 .B hard
-limit.
+limit which will use the size.hard value.
 When set, 
 .I integer
 is the max number of entries that the whole search with pagedResults control
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 83ce2325cc..b42dc3fced 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1531,12 +1531,12 @@ The keyword
 .I unlimited
 indicates that no limit is applied to the pagedResults control page size.
 The syntax
-.B size.prtotal={<integer>|unlimited|disabled}
+.B size.prtotal={<integer>|hard|unlimited|disabled}
 allows one to set a limit on the total number of entries that the pagedResults
 control will return.
 By default it is set to the 
 .B hard
-limit.
+limit which will use the size.hard value.
 When set, 
 .I integer
 is the max number of entries that the whole search with pagedResults control