diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 565a3e4df..6c099a377 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+5 November 2021: Wouter
+	- Fix that forward-zone name is documented as the full name of the
+	  zone. It is not relative but a fully qualified domain name.
+
 2 November 2021: Wouter
 	- Fix #552: Unbound assumes index.html exists on RPZ host.
 
diff --git a/doc/unbound.conf.5.in b/doc/unbound.conf.5.in
index 05971544b..a1a2c3eff 100644
--- a/doc/unbound.conf.5.in
+++ b/doc/unbound.conf.5.in
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ zone.  The local zone nodefault (or \fItransparent\fR) clause makes the
 (reverse\-) zone bypass unbound's filtering of RFC1918 zones.
 .TP
 .B name: \fI<domain name>
-Name of the stub zone.
+Name of the stub zone. This is the full domain name of the zone.
 .TP
 .B stub\-host: \fI<domain name>
 Name of stub zone nameserver. Is itself resolved before it is used.
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ forward all queries to that other server (unless it can answer from
 the cache).
 .TP
 .B name: \fI<domain name>
-Name of the forward zone.
+Name of the forward zone. This is the full domain name of the zone.
 .TP
 .B forward\-host: \fI<domain name>
 Name of server to forward to. Is itself resolved before it is used.