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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index d607eaf3d..a325bd058 100644
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+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -11436,8 +11436,7 @@ Normally, in the output of @command{du} (when not using @option{--summarize}),
the size listed next to a directory name, @var{d}, represents the sum
of sizes of all entries beneath @var{d} as well as the size of @var{d} itself.
With @option{--separate-dirs}, the size reported for a directory name,
-@var{d}, is merely the @code{stat.st_size}-derived size of the directory
-entry, @var{d}.
+@var{d}, will exclude the size of any subdirectories.
@optSi