diff --git a/debian/proxmox-backup-server.install b/debian/proxmox-backup-server.install
index c7c842fe..d6252306 100644
--- a/debian/proxmox-backup-server.install
+++ b/debian/proxmox-backup-server.install
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ usr/share/man/man1/pmt.1
 usr/share/man/man5/datastore.cfg.5
 usr/share/man/man5/user.cfg.5
 usr/share/man/man5/remote.cfg.5
+usr/share/man/man5/sync.cfg.5
 usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions/_proxmox-backup-manager
 usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions/_pmtx
 usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions/_pmt
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index a6fc81b7..c64c615e 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ GENERATED_SYNOPSIS := 						\
 	backup-protocol-api.rst					\
 	reader-protocol-api.rst					\
 	config/user/config.rst					\
-	config/remote/config.rst					\
+	config/remote/config.rst				\
+	config/sync/config.rst					\
 	config/datastore/config.rst
 
 MAN1_PAGES := 				\
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ MAN1_PAGES := 				\
 MAN5_PAGES :=				\
 	user.cfg.5			\
 	remote.cfg.5			\
+	sync.cfg.5			\
 	datastore.cfg.5
 
 PRUNE_SIMULATOR_FILES := 					\
@@ -111,6 +113,12 @@ config/remote/config.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/docgen
 remote.cfg.5: config/remote/man5.rst config/remote/config.rst config/remote/format.rst
 	rst2man $< >$@
 
+config/sync/config.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/docgen
+	${COMPILEDIR}/docgen sync.cfg >$@
+
+sync.cfg.5: config/sync/man5.rst config/sync/config.rst config/sync/format.rst
+	rst2man $< >$@
+
 proxmox-backup-client/synopsis.rst: ${COMPILEDIR}/proxmox-backup-client
 	${COMPILEDIR}/proxmox-backup-client printdoc > proxmox-backup-client/synopsis.rst
 
diff --git a/docs/config/sync/format.rst b/docs/config/sync/format.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6a01363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/config/sync/format.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Each entry starts with a header ``sync: <name>``, followed by the
+job configuration options.
+
+::
+
+  sync: job1
+	store store1
+	remote-store store1
+	remote lina
+
+  sync: ...
+	
+
+You can use the ``proxmox-backup-manager sync-job`` command to manipulate
+this file.
diff --git a/docs/config/sync/man5.rst b/docs/config/sync/man5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..724d1940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/config/sync/man5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+==========================
+sync.cfg
+==========================
+
+.. include:: ../../epilog.rst
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+Synchronization Job Configuration
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+:Author: |AUTHOR|
+:Version: Version |VERSION|
+:Manual section: 5
+
+Description
+===========
+
+The file /etc/proxmox-backup/sync.cfg is a configuration file for
+Proxmox Backup Server. It contains the synchronization job
+configuration.
+
+
+File Format
+===========
+
+.. include:: format.rst
+
+
+Options
+=======
+
+.. include:: config.rst
+
+
+.. include:: ../../pbs-copyright.rst
diff --git a/docs/configuration-files.rst b/docs/configuration-files.rst
index 8a4cdf4d..658b22c3 100644
--- a/docs/configuration-files.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration-files.rst
@@ -48,3 +48,18 @@ Options
 ^^^^^^^
 
 .. include:: config/remote/config.rst
+
+
+``sync.cfg``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+File Format
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. include:: config/sync/format.rst
+
+
+Options
+^^^^^^^
+
+.. include:: config/sync/config.rst