diff --git a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
index a4232409..4acb07f3 100644
--- a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
+++ b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@
 
             <listitem><para>Use the arena specified by the index
             <parameter>a</parameter> (and by necessity bypass the thread
-            cache).  This macro has no effect for huge regions, nor for regions
-            that were allocated via an arena other than the one specified.
-            This macro does not validate that <parameter>a</parameter>
-            specifies an arena index in the valid range.</para></listitem>
+            cache).  This macro has no effect for regions that were allocated
+            via an arena other than the one specified.  This macro does not
+            validate that <parameter>a</parameter> specifies an arena index in
+            the valid range.</para></listitem>
           </varlistentry>
         </variablelist>
       </para>