diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
index ebf9264488..28336c59ba 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ can be
 .BR regex ,
 which means that
 .B <group>
-will be expanded according to regex (7), and
+will be expanded as a replacement string (but not as a regular expression)
+according to regex (7), and
 .B base
 or
 .B exact