diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
index ae2f019ef5..2980c65f6f 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ Option \fI\-L\fP controls the format of the output.
 .TP
 .BR \-V [ V ]
 Print version info.
-If \fB\-VV\fP is given, only the version information is printed.
+If \fB\-VV\fP is given, exit after providing version info. Otherwise proceed
+with the specified search
 .TP
 .BI \-d \ debuglevel
 Set the LDAP debugging level to \fIdebuglevel\fP.