diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
index 03775702d7..c7ea940170 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
@@ -920,8 +920,8 @@ identity, control is passed straight to the subsequent rules.
 
 .SH OPERATION REQUIREMENTS
 Operations require different privileges on different portions of entries.
-The following summary applies to primary database backends such as
-the BDB and HDB backends.   Requirements for other backends may
+The following summary applies to primary MDB database backend and the
+deprecated BDB and HDB backends.   Requirements for other backends may
 (and often do) differ.
 
 .LP