diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5e3f098bd8c648f5217e3a36779b9b6c0da2c0a9..0295b0f5c6e5b8695187ae2f35e47af68d134f08 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ OpenLDAP 2.4.14 Engineering
 		admin24 added limits chapter (ITS#5818)
 		slapd-bdb/hdb expansion on dncachesize behavior (ITS#5721)
 		slapo-constraint(5) example fix (ITS#5895)
+		slap*(8) man pages should mention slapd-config (ITS#5828)
 
 OpenLDAP 2.4.13 Release (2008/11/24)
 	Added libldap dereference control support (ITS#5768)
diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
index 387d84d37d537af7a727b4b1a28bba2c2ebab487..23862182e7b37921ca9d669baee102444d1d54f2 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ according to ACLs, as specified in
 .BR slapd.access (5).
 It opens the
 .BR slapd.conf (5)
-configuration file, reads in the 
-.B access
+configuration file or the 
+.BR slapd-config (5) 
+backend, reads in the  
+.B access/olcAccess
 directives, and then parses the 
 .B attr
 list given on the command-line; if none is given, access to the
diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapauth.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapauth.8
index 8f374d8712cc89eff847a5b5c4ffc89a51b364a8..6b164b161e686f98d9147effca66d1c3c64402b1 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapauth.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapauth.8
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ for authentication and authorization purposes, as specified in
 .BR slapd.conf (5).
 It opens the
 .BR slapd.conf (5)
-configuration file, reads in the 
-.B authz-policy
+configuration file or the 
+.BR slapd-config (5) 
+backend, reads in the 
+.B authz-policy/olcAuthzPolicy
 and
-.B authz-regexp
+.B authz-regexp/olcAuthzRegexp
 directives, and then parses the 
 .B ID
 list given on the command-line.
diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapdn.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapdn.8
index 6ea5d762320a69d8de6fff4ee694bf2813bc4aca..97e70ab20fdf2c433dea4928973ebced76ab94eb 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapdn.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapdn.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ and that loaded via
 .BR slapd.conf (5).
 It opens the
 .BR slapd.conf (5)
-configuration file, reads in the schema definitions, and then
+configuration file or the slapd-config (5) backend, reads in the schema definitions, and then
 parses the 
 .B DN
 list given on the command-line.
diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slappasswd.8 b/doc/man/man8/slappasswd.8
index 4a88bf99316b0cbb51e9975b87da8e5ff738aa3b..a88edd5e45bab46f99fdf54898ebfc5d99d7e795 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slappasswd.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slappasswd.8
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ slappasswd \- OpenLDAP password utility
 .B Slappasswd
 is used to generate an userPassword value
 suitable for use with
-.BR ldapmodify (1)
-or
+.BR ldapmodify (1),
 .BR slapd.conf (5)
 .I rootpw
+configuration directive or the 
+.BR slapd-config (5) 
+.I olcRootPW
 configuration directive.
+.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B \-v
diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slaptest.8 b/doc/man/man8/slaptest.8
index 30aaaaae6fa221b12c36686572cb2bfaef94a52c..ce31015b2fb852a0922c459a77e9149b0c4afa46 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slaptest.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slaptest.8
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ is used to check the conformance of the
 configuration file.
 It opens the
 .BR slapd.conf (5)
-configuration file, and parses it according to the general 
-and the backend-specific rules, checking its sanity.
+configuration file or the 
+.BR slapd-config (5) 
+backend, and parses it according to the general and the backend-specific 
+rules, checking its sanity.
 .LP
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP