diff --git a/man/mu-find.1 b/man/mu-find.1
index fcc7adc0..aeb96854 100644
--- a/man/mu-find.1
+++ b/man/mu-find.1
@@ -347,12 +347,10 @@ choice, but for dates it may be more useful to sort in the opposite direction.
 If > 0, use that number of lines of the message to provide a summary.
 
 .TP
-\fB\-\-include\-unreadable\fR
-normally, \fBmu find\fR does not include messages that are unreadable,
-typically do not have corresponding disk file, i.e., messages that live only
-in the databases. With this option even such messages are included. Note, for
-\fB\-\-format=\fRlinks, unreadable message are ignore even when this option is
-set.
+\fB\-\-include\-unreadable\fR normally, \fBmu find\fR does not include
+messages for which the corresponding file is unreadable. With this option even
+such messages are included. Note, for \fB\-\-format=\fRlinks, unreadable
+message are ignored even when this option is set.
 
 .TP
 \fB\-\-format\fR=\fIplain|links|xquery|xml|sexp\fR