diff --git a/hbal.1 b/hbal.1
index cec86c2f63bf61d03c5e0210ae87307ecf3227a1..bb4edf99827ba85cd732899d94468e129a37ac59 100644
--- a/hbal.1
+++ b/hbal.1
@@ -441,6 +441,12 @@ The name of the file holding node and instance information (if not
 collecting via RAPI or LUXI). This or one of the other backends must
 be selected.
 
+.TP
+.BI "-S" datafile ", --save-cluster=" datafile
+If given, the state of the cluster at the end of the balancing is
+saved to the given file. This allows re-feeding the cluster state to
+either hbal itself or for example hspace.
+
 .TP
 .BI "-m" cluster
 Collect data directly from the
diff --git a/hspace.1 b/hspace.1
index ee168c0419e230846c2a5d591f9067cbf1447cb1..34d147ed6084198cfe48b08b335e5a63005d55dd 100644
--- a/hspace.1
+++ b/hspace.1
@@ -334,6 +334,14 @@ The name of the file holding node and instance information (if not
 collecting via RAPI or LUXI). This or one of the other backends must
 be selected.
 
+.TP
+.BI "-S" filename ", --save-cluster=" filename
+If given, the state of the cluster at the end of the allocation is
+saved to a file named \fIfilename.alloc\fR, and if tiered allocation
+is enabled, the state after tiered allocation will be saved to
+\fIfilename.tiered\fR. This allows re-feeding the cluster state to
+either hspace itself (with different parameters) or for example hbal.
+
 .TP
 .BI "-m" cluster
 Collect data directly from the