diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
index 7ec1c357b6822a456692b655b34a803a8efdd18b..4b5d2160144d6b4cff555016fc2b8e1b939f939e 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ ldapdelete \- ldap delete entry tool
 [\c
 .BI \-D \ binddn\fR]
 [\c
+.BR \-W ]
+[\c
 .BI \-w \ passwd\fR]
 [\c
 .BI \-h \ ldaphost\fR]
@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ replaced with a line from \fIfile\fP.
 Use \fIbinddn\fP to bind to the LDAP directory. \fIbinddn\fP should be
 a string-represented DN as defined in RFC 1779.
 .TP
+.B \-W
+Prompt for simple authentication.
+This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
+.TP
 .BI \-w \ passwd
 Use \fIpasswd\fP as the password for simple authentication.
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapmodify.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapmodify.1
index ebb593abba241cf8502143ce8a5736ca4a018e69..c39ebc9c914b23d385384cf6b2ee76f8c802289a 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapmodify.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapmodify.1
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ldapmodify, ldapadd \- ldap modify entry and ldap add entry tools
 [\c
 .BI \-D \ binddn\fR]
 [\c
+.BR \-W ]
+[\c
 .BI \-w \ passwd\fR]
 [\c
 .BI \-h \ ldaphost\fR]
@@ -133,6 +135,10 @@ standard input.
 Use \fIbinddn\fP to bind to the LDAP directory. \fIbinddn\fP should be
 a string-represented DN as defined in RFC 1779.
 .TP
+.B \-W
+Prompt for simple authentication.
+This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
+.TP
 .BI \-w \ passwd
 Use \fIpasswd\fP as the password for simple authentication.
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapmodrdn.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapmodrdn.1
index da4c9aa374e891d0f2ad5e3018dc785078daf851..122dc400bdc10181c4246b6aa1d034e432c2176b 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapmodrdn.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapmodrdn.1
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ ldapmodrdn \- ldap modify entry RDN tool
 [\c
 .BI \-D \ binddn\fR]
 [\c
+.BR \-W ]
+[\c
 .BI \-w \ passwd\fR]
 [\c
 .BI \-h \ ldaphost\fR]
@@ -84,6 +86,10 @@ standard input or the command-line.
 Use \fIbinddn\fP to bind to the LDAP directory. \fIbinddn\fP should be
 a string-represented DN as defined in RFC 1779.
 .TP
+.B \-W
+Prompt for simple authentication.
+This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
+.TP
 .B \-w passwd
 Use \fIpasswd\fP as the password for simple authentication.
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
index bbd3e6c783557c8e48e3d59b571aaa0f9758f2fa..60f4032b6b6204c5dc29c9bb057643512a3666fb 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ ldapsearch \- ldap search tool
 [\c
 .BI \-D \ binddn\fR]
 [\c
+.BR \-W ]
+[\c
 .BI \-w \ bindpasswd\fR]
 [\c
 .BI \-h \ ldaphost\fR]
@@ -149,6 +151,10 @@ character, then the lines are read from standard input.
 Use \fIbinddn\fP to bind to the LDAP directory. \fIbinddn\fP should be
 a string-represented DN as defined in RFC 1779.
 .TP
+.B \-W
+Prompt for simple authentication.
+This is used instead of specifying the password on the command line.
+.TP
 .BI \-w \ bindpasswd
 Use \fIbindpasswd\fP as the password for simple authentication.
 .TP