diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapo-translucent.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapo-translucent.5
index 78551abfcb..f33c14c98e 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapo-translucent.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapo-translucent.5
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ with the options shown in
 .BR slapd-ldap (5).
 These
 .B slapd.conf
-options are specific to the Translucent Proxy overlay; they must appear 
+options are specific to the Translucent Proxy overlay; they should appear 
 after the
 .B overlay
-directive that instantiates this overlay.
+directive.
 .TP
 .B translucent_strict
 By default, attempts to delete attributes in either the local or remote