diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8 b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
index 4449f670..4966c53e 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ Enables extra debugging shown to stderr.
 .It Fl h, Fl -help
 Show the help usage.
 .It Fl R, Fl -repository
-Enable repository mode. This mode explicitly looks in repositories.
-.Ar PKG
-is matched.
+Enable repository mode. This mode explicitly looks in repositories, rather
+than looking in the target root directory.
 .It Fl r, Fl -rootdir Ar dir
 Specifies a full path for the target root directory.
 .It Fl v, Fl -verbose