diff --git a/doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn
index 9f2ad92517..57daf09321 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn
@@ -18,16 +18,12 @@ by all clones of the repository. It can be overridden on a per-file basis
 by the annex.mincopies setting in .gitattributes files, or can be
 overridden temporarily with the --mincopies option.
 
-When git-annex is asked to drop a file, it first verifies that the
-number of copies can be satisfied among all the other
-repositories that have a copy of the file.
-
 This supplements the [[git-annex-numcopies]](1) setting. 
 In unusual situations, involving special remotes that do not support
 locking, and concurrent drops of the same content from multiple
 repositories, git-annex may violate the numcopies setting.
-In these unusual situations, git-annex ensures that
-the mincopies setting is not violated.
+In these unusual situations, git-annex ensures that the number of copies
+never goes below mincopies.
 
 # SEE ALSO