diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 26dbb88821..a4d976dfbc 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -470,11 +470,6 @@ feature.  The default is 0.
 Read additional configuration information from the given file before
 continuing with the next line of the current file.
 .TP
-.B index <attribute>
-See the man page for the specific backend you are using for more
-information about the index directive, for example
-.BR slapd-bdb (5)
-.TP
 .B index_intlen <integer>
 Specify the key length for ordered integer indices. The most significant
 bytes of the binary integer will be used for index keys. The default