diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 33d1f406a26149cab72a0a5d4e1490146bcea73e..580a08476505f4b06c669fb1156f4093a6cebb1c 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ The default is 1000.
 .B defaultsearchbase <dn>
 Specify a default search base to use when client submits a
 non-base search request with an empty base DN.
+Base scoped search requests with an empty base DN are not affected.
 .TP
 .B disallow <features>
 Specify a set of features (separated by white space) to