diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 8ff5b7417f..aef96ec30f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.
@@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.
@@ -933,8 +933,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.