diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
index fdf0ae744d..5686c08253 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-config.5
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ Typically the first child in this subtree will be
 .B olcBackend
 entries are for storing settings specific to a single
 backend type (and thus global to all database instances of that type).
-At present there are no backends that implement settings of this
-nature, so usually there will not be any olcBackend entries.
+At present, only back-mdb implements any options of this type, so this
+setting is not needed for any other backends.
 
 .B olcDatabase
 entries store settings specific to a single database
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index d0b8f18dc6..d948d1bbe8 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ should be one of
 or
 .BR wt .
 At present, only back-mdb implements any options of this type, so this
-setting should not be used for any other backends.
+setting is not needed for any other backends.
 
 .SH GENERAL DATABASE OPTIONS
 Options in this section only apply to the configuration file section