diff --git a/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md b/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
index a5f59861c..ffce2f738 100644
--- a/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
+++ b/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
@@ -1672,6 +1672,7 @@ auth_connect_timeout         Connection timeout for permission checks
 auth_read_timeout            Read timeout for permission checks
 auth_write_timeout           Write timeout for permission checks
 admin_auth                   Enable admin interface authentication
+admin_log_auth_failures      Log admin interface authentication failures
 
 Example: alter maxscale auth_connect_timeout=10
 ```
diff --git a/server/modules/routing/debugcli/debugcmd.c b/server/modules/routing/debugcli/debugcmd.c
index 30f4c5cf0..411822b83 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/debugcli/debugcmd.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/debugcli/debugcmd.c
@@ -1641,6 +1641,7 @@ struct subcommand alteroptions[] =
         "auth_read_timeout            Read timeout for permission checks\n"
         "auth_write_timeout           Write timeout for permission checks\n"
         "admin_auth                   Enable admin interface authentication\n"
+        "admin_log_auth_failures      Log admin interface authentication failures\n"
         "\n"
         "Example: alter maxscale auth_connect_timeout=10",
         {