diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index aa938cf10c..b48a4b59c2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.
@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
- This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For
- the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
call pg_restore.