diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage/smb.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage/smb.rst
index 9d1da80c2..64df0e16d 100644
--- a/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage/smb.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage/smb.rst
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ SMB/CIFS
 ownCloud can connect to Windows file servers or other SMB-compatible servers
 with the SMB/CIFS backend.
 
-.. note:: The SMB/CIFS backend requires ``smbclient`` and 
+.. note:: The SMB/CIFS backend requires ``smbclient`` or 
    the PHP smbclient module to be installed on the ownCloud server. These 
-   should be included in any Linux distribution. See `PECL smbclient 
+   should be included in any Linux distribution. (See `PECL smbclient 
    <https://pecl.php.net/package/smbclient>`_ if your distro does not include 
-   it.
+   them.)
 
 You need the following information:
 
diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ftp_smb_imap.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ftp_smb_imap.rst
index edad680bb..0873dfdc3 100644
--- a/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ftp_smb_imap.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ftp_smb_imap.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Provides authentication against Samba servers
 
 - **Class:** OC_User_SMB
 - **Arguments:** the samba server to authenticate against
-- **Dependency:** PHP smbclient module (see 
+- **Dependency:** PHP smbclient module or smbclient (see 
   :doc:`../configuration_files/external_storage/smb`)
 - **Example:**
 
diff --git a/admin_manual/operations/scaling_multiple_machines.rst b/admin_manual/operations/scaling_multiple_machines.rst
index e6bb1152b..106a82b19 100644
--- a/admin_manual/operations/scaling_multiple_machines.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/operations/scaling_multiple_machines.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ following components were installed on each application server:
 *   PHP-MYSQL
 *   PHP-CURL
 
-Also required is the PHP smbclient module (see 
+Also required is the PHP smbclient module or smbclient (see 
 :doc:`../configuration_files/external_storage/smb`).
 
 It is also worth mentioning that the appropriate exceptions where made in the