diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
index cb11dbc7ce..5fe76f684e 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
@@ -728,7 +728,8 @@ modifier.
 An example is the
 .B selfwrite
 access to the member attribute of a group, which allows one to add/delete
-its own DN from the member list of a group, without affecting other members.
+its own DN from the member list of a group, while being not allowed
+to affect other members.
 .LP
 The 
 .B level