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diff --git a/docs/rabbitmq-server.1.xml b/docs/rabbitmq-server.1.xml
index 620b1dd388..6003271a10 100644
--- a/docs/rabbitmq-server.1.xml
+++ b/docs/rabbitmq-server.1.xml
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ Defaults to 5672.
<listitem>
<para>
Start the server process in the background. Note that this will
- cause the wrong pid to be recorded in the pid file, since the pid
- of the shell that launches the detached process is captured.
+ cause the pid not to be written to the pid file, since the shell
+ will start a detached process and thus the wrong one would be
+ recorded.
</para>
<para role="example-prefix">For example:</para>
<screen role="example">rabbitmq-server -detached</screen>