diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
index cb694f5a50..c1b758f16c 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ The following command:
 .fi
 .LP
 will attempt to delete the entry named with commonName "Delete Me"
-directly below the "dc=example, dc=com" entry.  Of
-course it would probably be necessary to supply a \fIbinddn\fP and
-\fIpasswd\fP for deletion to be allowed (see the -D and -w options).
+directly below the "dc=example, dc=com" entry.
+Of course it would probably be necessary to supply authentication
+credentials.
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 Exit status is 0 if no errors occur.  Errors result in a non-zero exit
 status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error.