diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgarchivecleanup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgarchivecleanup.sgml
index 60a7fc4e6b9864a49bffc582473ed222d913b34b..abe01bef4ff34f8f9ba1da1b0fe361b793a5d434 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgarchivecleanup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgarchivecleanup.sgml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pg_archivecleanup:  removing file "archive/00000001000000370000000E"
       <term><option>-x</option> <replaceable>extension</></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        When using the program as a standalone utility, provide an extension
+        Provide an extension
         that will be stripped from all file names before deciding if they
         should be deleted.  This is typically useful for cleaning up archives
         that have been compressed during storage, and therefore have had an