diff --git a/doc/man1/common/job-dependencies.rst b/doc/man1/common/job-dependencies.rst
index 2548e7fdb6b0..14b631215e93 100644
--- a/doc/man1/common/job-dependencies.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/common/job-dependencies.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ afternotok:JOBID
    This dependency is satisfied after JOBID enters the INACTIVE state
    with an unsuccessful result.
 
+afterexc:JOBID
+   This dependency is satisfied when JOBID enters the INACTIVE state
+   and a fatal job exception caused the transition to CLEANUP (e.g.,
+   node failure, timeout, cancel, etc.)
+
 begin-time:TIMESTAMP
    This dependency is satisfied after TIMESTAMP, which is specified in
    floating point seconds since the UNIX epoch. See the ``--begin-time``
diff --git a/doc/test/spell.en.pws b/doc/test/spell.en.pws
index aa66132392eb..ce7452127f04 100644
--- a/doc/test/spell.en.pws
+++ b/doc/test/spell.en.pws
@@ -941,3 +941,4 @@ SATTR
 myprogram
 unref
 sigprocmask
+afterexc