diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index b0df98acc..242ea4ed3 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -386,8 +386,7 @@ header when requesting a document from a URL:
 
 `--verbose`
 
-:   Give verbose debugging output.  Currently this only has an effect
-    with PDF output.
+:   Give verbose debugging output.
 
 `--quiet`