diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/refresh_materialized_view.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/refresh_materialized_view.sgml
index 675d6090f3..7a019162c3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/refresh_materialized_view.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/refresh_materialized_view.sgml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW [ CONCURRENTLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</
       expression index or include a <literal>WHERE</literal> clause.
      </para>
      <para>
-      This option may not be used when the materialized view is not already
+      This option can only be used when the materialized view is already
       populated.
      </para>
      <para>