diff --git a/docsrc/assets/setup-postfix.rst b/docsrc/assets/setup-postfix.rst
index 8750ce8d28..9735e4832b 100644
--- a/docsrc/assets/setup-postfix.rst
+++ b/docsrc/assets/setup-postfix.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ server and engineer delivery via LMTP.  The following examples show the
     or, if you have enabled smmapd you can automatically track mailboxes with::
 
         postconf -e "virtual_mailbox_domains=hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_recipient_domains"
-        postconf -e "virtual_mailbox_maps=socketmap:unix:/run/cyrus/socket/smmap"
+        postconf -e "virtual_mailbox_maps=socketmap:unix:/run/cyrus/socket/smmap:smmapd"
 
 2.  Optional: Set the concurrency and recipient limits for LMTP delivery to the
     ``virtual`` destination::
diff --git a/docsrc/imap/reference/manpages/systemcommands/smmapd.rst b/docsrc/imap/reference/manpages/systemcommands/smmapd.rst
index b03df77f25..428dca8e75 100644
--- a/docsrc/imap/reference/manpages/systemcommands/smmapd.rst
+++ b/docsrc/imap/reference/manpages/systemcommands/smmapd.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ Description
 a Cyrus mailbox exists, that it is postable and it is under quota.  It
 accepts commands on its standard input and responds on its standard
 output.  It MUST be invoked by :cyrusman:`master(8)` with those
-descriptors attached to a remote client connection.
+descriptors attached to a remote client connection.  The service ignores
+the userdeny database.  The received queries contain map name followed by
+mailbox, **smmapd** ignores the map name.  Queries with plus addressing return
+*OK* if the user has a mailbox with the name after plus, otherwise the result
+is *NOTFOUND*.  Match for the mailbox after plus is performed case-sensitive,
+for the address before the plus - case-insensitive.
 
 **smmapd** |default-conf-text|