diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
index da4d51e763..f304627802 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--disable-page-skipping</option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Disable all page-skipping behavior during processing based on
-        the visibility map, similarly to the option
-        <literal>DISABLE_PAGE_SKIPPING</literal> for <command>VACUUM</command>.
+        Disable skipping pages based on the contents of the visibility map.
        </para>
        <note>
         <para>