diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index e8ce415cd2..5e3b4bfd81 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -455,9 +455,8 @@ feature.  The default is 0.
 .TP
 .B olcIndexIntLen: <integer>
 Specify the key length for ordered integer indices. The most significant
-bytes of the binary integer will be used for index keys. The minimum
+bytes of the binary integer will be used for index keys. The default
 value is 4, which provides exact indexing for 32 bit values.
-The default is 0, which disables the use of ordered indexing.
 .TP
 .B olcIndexSubstrIfMaxlen: <integer>
 Specify the maximum length for subinitial and subfinal indices. Only
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index bc29f58118..6bc5b58127 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -472,9 +472,8 @@ continuing with the next line of the current file.
 .TP
 .B index_intlen <integer>
 Specify the key length for ordered integer indices. The most significant
-bytes of the binary integer will be used for index keys. The minimum
+bytes of the binary integer will be used for index keys. The default
 value is 4, which provides exact indexing for 32 bit values.
-The default is 0, which disables the use of ordered indexing.
 .TP
 .B index_substr_if_minlen <integer>
 Specify the minimum length for subinitial and subfinal indices. An