---
diff --git a/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in b/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
index c961c089..b6dd4909 100644
--- a/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
+++ b/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ USA.
$PULSE_CLIENTCONFIG: path of file that shall be read instead of client.conf (see above) for client configuration.
+ $PULSE_COOKIE: path of file that contains the PulseAudio
+ authentication cookie. Defaults to ~/.config/pulse/cookie.
+
These environment settings take precedence -- if set -- over the configuration settings from client.conf (see above).