diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 422bb19460ac9024b620e6ad1c18b208914168e4..e24d008ba2a0914ee809edcd067c4d5b975637fa 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ OpenLDAP 2.4.17 Engineering
 		ldap_result(3) Add RETURN VALUE heading (ITS#6180)
 		ldap.conf(5) improve sizelimit/timelimit limits (ITS#6127)
 		slapd.access(5) Fix <setstyle> to use expand (ITS#6179)
+		slapd.conf(5) document default modulepath (ITS#5829)
 		slapd.conf(5) pidfile/argsfile description fix (ITS#5975)
+		slapd-config(5) document default modulepath (ITS#5829)
 		slapd-config(5) pidfile/argsfile description fix (ITS#5975)
 		slapo-constraint(5) clarify URI example (ITS#6118)
 		slapo-unique(5) explicitly note rootdn requirement (ITS#6108)
diff --git a/build/man.mk b/build/man.mk
index fd1bfb409ae7908d6cdfcbd1cf5c977f8d990e45..94f4c9547793b30b2ccc6d7825418ff72d8f04e7 100644
--- a/build/man.mk
+++ b/build/man.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ all-common:
 			-e 's%BINDIR%$(bindir)%' \
 			-e 's%LIBDIR%$(libdir)%' \
 			-e 's%LIBEXECDIR%$(libexecdir)%' \
+			-e 's%MODULEDIR%$(moduledir)%' \
 			-e 's%RELEASEDATE%$(RELEASEDATE)%' \
 				$(srcdir)/$$page \
 			| (cd $(srcdir); $(SOELIM) -) > $$page.$(TMP_SUFFIX); \
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index c95c2a87acbac5b5e669fa00eddf846ebba9ef23..9c7e24ecbef0e024e04cdf33811e716994c11444 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -913,6 +913,8 @@ option.
 .B olcModulePath: <pathspec>
 Specify a list of directories to search for loadable modules. Typically
 the path is colon-separated but this depends on the operating system.
+The default is MODULEDIR, which is where the standard OpenLDAP install
+will place its modules. 
 .SH SCHEMA OPTIONS
 Schema definitions are created as entries in the
 .B cn=schema,cn=config
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 3b23fd688d32c6b67ed0dc0021c43e222268d003..4ab3ce167a09d00ba95d827a3926e0bbad2a6318 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -685,6 +685,8 @@ option are only usable if slapd was compiled with \-\-enable\-modules.
 .B modulepath <pathspec>
 Specify a list of directories to search for loadable modules. Typically
 the path is colon-separated but this depends on the operating system.
+The default is MODULEDIR, which is where the standard OpenLDAP install
+will place its modules.
 .HP
 .hy 0
 .B objectclass "(\ <oid>\