diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
index 622770a5200..5f5d1da33d2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ Have new btree indexes sort duplicate index entries in heap-storage order (Peter
 </para>
 
 <para>
-This slightly reduces the maximum-allowed length of indexed values.  Indexes <application>pg_upgraded</application> from previous releases will not have this ordering.
+Indexes <application>pg_upgraded</application> from previous releases will not have this ordering.
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