diff --git a/doc/iallocator.rst b/doc/iallocator.rst
index c6b150b8424d93b7afd50b4839a2ff11d9041b15..57a4388d631dee4e360cba293142022246a1cfae 100644
--- a/doc/iallocator.rst
+++ b/doc/iallocator.rst
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ cluster_tags
 enabled_hypervisors
   the list of enabled hypervisors
 
+ipolicy
+  the cluster-wide instance policy (for information; the per-node group
+  values take precedence and should be used instead)
+
 request
   a dictionary containing the details of the request; the keys vary
   depending on the type of operation that's being requested, as
@@ -105,6 +109,8 @@ nodegroups
   alloc_policy
     the allocation policy of the node group (consult the semantics of
     this attribute in the :manpage:`gnt-group(8)` manpage)
+  ipolicy
+    the instance policy of the node group
 
 instances
   a dictionary with the data for the current existing instance on the
diff --git a/lib/cmdlib.py b/lib/cmdlib.py
index 7e00bf880ea2344e7e874a17ef2ad1786b1840f7..47d56744f9911f2ddabadad60adf73d95645e371 100644
--- a/lib/cmdlib.py
+++ b/lib/cmdlib.py
@@ -14343,7 +14343,7 @@ class IAllocator(object):
       "cluster_name": cfg.GetClusterName(),
       "cluster_tags": list(cluster_info.GetTags()),
       "enabled_hypervisors": list(cluster_info.enabled_hypervisors),
-      # we don't have job IDs
+      "ipolicy": cluster_info.ipolicy,
       }
     ninfo = cfg.GetAllNodesInfo()
     iinfo = cfg.GetAllInstancesInfo().values()