diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index b8d3c0d72e..3897a59ee9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ the `core.fsmonitor` configuration variable (see
 linkgit:git-config[1]) than using the `--fsmonitor` option to
 `git update-index` in each repository, especially if you want to do so
 across all repositories you use, because you can set the configuration
-variable to `true` (or `false`) in your `$HOME/.gitconfig` just once
-and have it affect all repositories you touch.
+variable in your `$HOME/.gitconfig` just once and have it affect all
+repositories you touch.
 
 When the `core.fsmonitor` configuration variable is changed, the
 file system monitor is added to or removed from the index the next time