diff --git a/conf/type/__directory/man.text b/conf/type/__directory/man.text
index afba0875..3f005b55 100644
--- a/conf/type/__directory/man.text
+++ b/conf/type/__directory/man.text
@@ -32,14 +32,15 @@ mode::
 owner::
    User to chown to.
 
+
+OPTIONAL BOOLEAN PARAMETERS
+---------------------------
 parents::
-   Whether to create parents as well (mkdir -p behaviour). Must be yes or no.
+   Whether to create parents as well (mkdir -p behaviour)
 
 recursive::
    If supplied the chgrp and chown call will run recursively.
    This does *not* influence the behaviour of chmod.
-   Must be yes or no.
-
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
diff --git a/conf/type/__directory/parameter/boolean b/conf/type/__directory/parameter/boolean
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..357c5e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/type/__directory/parameter/boolean
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+parents
+recursive
diff --git a/conf/type/__directory/parameter/optional b/conf/type/__directory/parameter/optional
index 27f9d76a..08798bc5 100644
--- a/conf/type/__directory/parameter/optional
+++ b/conf/type/__directory/parameter/optional
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@ state
 group
 mode
 owner
-parents
-recursive