diff --git a/dcapi/doc/Makefile.am b/dcapi/doc/Makefile.am
index 45998ae003..ba7c355d47 100644
--- a/dcapi/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/dcapi/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = 				\
 	$(HTML_IMAGES)			\
 	$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)
 
+CONTENT_STAMPS = client/sgml.stamp master/sgml.stamp common/sgml.stamp
 DOC_STAMPS = html-build.stamp $(srcdir)/html.stamp
 
 CLEANFILES = $(DOC_STAMPS)
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ CLEANFILES = $(DOC_STAMPS)
 if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
 all-local: html-build.stamp
 
-html-build.stamp: $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) $(content_files)
+html-build.stamp: $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) $(content_files) $(CONTENT_STAMPS)
 	@echo 'gtk-doc: Building HTML'
 	@-chmod -R u+w $(srcdir)
 	rm -rf $(srcdir)/html 
diff --git a/dcapi/doc/common/dc-common-sections.txt b/dcapi/doc/common/dc-common-sections.txt
index bb5fa4e546..680bd7df5e 100644
--- a/dcapi/doc/common/dc-common-sections.txt
+++ b/dcapi/doc/common/dc-common-sections.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ DC_GridCapabilities
 DC_FileMode
 DC_CONFIG_FILE
 DC_getCfgStr
+DC_getCfgInt
 DC_log
 DC_vlog
 
diff --git a/dcapi/doc/common/tmpl/dc_common.sgml b/dcapi/doc/common/tmpl/dc_common.sgml
index 301c82465c..f2b48a05f0 100644
--- a/dcapi/doc/common/tmpl/dc_common.sgml
+++ b/dcapi/doc/common/tmpl/dc_common.sgml
@@ -73,7 +73,22 @@ Returns the value belonging to the specified key @name in the configuration file
 </para>
 
 @name: the key to look up.
-@Returns: the value belonging to the key or %NULL if it is not defined in the config file.
+@Returns: the value belonging to the key or %NULL if it is not defined in the
+	config file. The returned value must be deallocated using free() when it is
+	no longer needed.
+
+
+<!-- ##### FUNCTION DC_getCfgInt ##### -->
+<para>
+Returns the integer value belonging to the specified key @name in the configuration
+file. Unit suffixes like 'KB', 'GB' or 'hour' are also allowed.
+</para>
+
+@name: the key to look up.
+@defaultValue: the default value to return if the key is not defined or its value
+	cannot be interpreted as a number.
+@Returns: the value belonging to the key or @defaultValue if it is not defined in the
+	config file.
 
 
 <!-- ##### FUNCTION DC_log ##### -->
diff --git a/dcapi/doc/master/dc-master-sections.txt b/dcapi/doc/master/dc-master-sections.txt
index 8f8662c78d..a9dfc0ee9b 100644
--- a/dcapi/doc/master/dc-master-sections.txt
+++ b/dcapi/doc/master/dc-master-sections.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ DC_resumeWU
 DC_destroyWU
 DC_sendWUMessage
 
+<SUBSECTION>
+DC_getClientCfgStr
+DC_getClientCfgInt
+
 <SUBSECTION>
 DC_getResultCapabilities
 DC_getResultWU
diff --git a/dcapi/doc/master/tmpl/dc.sgml b/dcapi/doc/master/tmpl/dc.sgml
index 8142e221b6..55cccfdf5a 100644
--- a/dcapi/doc/master/tmpl/dc.sgml
+++ b/dcapi/doc/master/tmpl/dc.sgml
@@ -443,6 +443,38 @@ be determined with the DC_getMaxMessageSize() function.
 @Returns: 0 if successful or a #DC_ErrorCode.
 
 
+<!-- ##### FUNCTION DC_getClientCfgStr ##### -->
+<para>
+Returns the value belonging to the specified key @key for the specific client
+application @clientName in the configuration file.
+</para>
+
+@clientName: the name of the client application.
+@key: the key to look up.
+@fallbackGlobal: if %TRUE and the key is not defined in the client configuration,
+	it will be looked up in the master configuration as well.
+@Returns: the value belonging to the key or %NULL if it is not defined in the
+	config file. The returned value must be deallocated using free() when it is
+	no longer needed.
+
+
+<!-- ##### FUNCTION DC_getClientCfgInt ##### -->
+<para>
+Returns the integer value belonging to the specified key @key for the
+specific client application @clientName in the configuration
+file. Unit suffixes like 'KB', 'GB' or 'hour' are also allowed.
+</para>
+
+@clientName: the name of the client application.
+@key: the key to look up.
+@defaultValue: the default value to return if the key is not defined or its value
+	cannot be interpreted as a number.
+@fallbackGlobal: if %TRUE and the key is not defined in the client configuration,
+	it will be looked up in the master configuration as well.
+@Returns: the value belonging to the key or @defaultValue if it is not defined in the
+	config file.
+
+
 <!-- ##### FUNCTION DC_getResultCapabilities ##### -->
 <para>
 Determines what kind of information is present in the received result.