diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 3352e01d4aae20cdda490cb8bd1b655531a7895e..c0b0058dc6156216ce1c63d0d232fcc4d2614a07 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -410,7 +410,8 @@ Base scoped search requests with an empty base DN are not affected.
 Specify a set of features (separated by white space) to
 disallow (default none).
 .B bind_anon
-disables acceptance of anonymous bind requests.
+disables acceptance of anonymous bind requests.  Note that this setting
+does not prohibit anonymous directory access (See "require authc").
 .B bind_simple
 disables simple (bind) authentication.
 .B tls_2_anon