diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
index 5073032f18..0da30cb51a 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ It opens the
 .BR slapd.conf (5)
 configuration file, reads in the 
 .B access
-and
-.B defaultaccess
 directives, and then parses the 
 .B attr
 list given on the command-line; if none is given, access to the