diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index a3e91be4b89..8e05f927131 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -540,9 +540,7 @@
    from having to do writes.  On such systems
    one should increase the number of <acronym>WAL</acronym> buffers by
    modifying the configuration parameter <xref
-   linkend="guc-wal-buffers">.  The default number of <acronym>WAL</acronym>
-   buffers is 8.  Increasing this value will
-   correspondingly increase shared memory usage.  When
+   linkend="guc-wal-buffers">.  When
    <xref linkend="guc-full-page-writes"> is set and the system is very busy,
    setting this value higher will help smooth response times during the
    period immediately following each checkpoint.