diff --git a/doc/cloning-standbys.sgml b/doc/cloning-standbys.sgml
index 22b60e70..da6e28ee 100644
--- a/doc/cloning-standbys.sgml
+++ b/doc/cloning-standbys.sgml
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      As an alternative we recommend using 2ndQuadrant's <ulink url="https://www.pgbarman.org/">Barman</ulink>,
-     which offloads WAL management to a separate server, negating the need to use replication
-     slots to reserve WAL. See section <xref linkend="cloning-from-barman">
+     which offloads WAL management to a separate server, removing the requirement to use a replication
+     slot for each individual standby to reserve WAL. See section <xref linkend="cloning-from-barman">
      for more details on using &repmgr; together with Barman.
     </simpara>
    </tip>