diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapindex.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapindex.8
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" Copyright 1998-2007 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Copying restrictions apply.  See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
 .SH NAME
-slapindex \- SLAPD index to LDIF utility
+slapindex \- Reindex entries in a SLAPD database
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B SBINDIR/slapindex
 .B [\-b suffix]