diff --git a/doc/man3/flux_msg_handler_addvec.adoc b/doc/man3/flux_msg_handler_addvec.adoc
index 6bbf356e108a..810042295401 100644
--- a/doc/man3/flux_msg_handler_addvec.adoc
+++ b/doc/man3/flux_msg_handler_addvec.adoc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
      int typemask;
      char *topic_glob;
      flux_msg_handler_f cb;
+     uint32_t rolemask;
      flux_msg_handler_t *w;
  };