diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 21ea7f9cc1000d9e1106fd79e0a5c7147442f2e8..90bd8c8dcc5d597183d1b7e30f19ab4e616102a4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ OpenLDAP 2.4.14 Engineering
 		slapd-bdb/hdb expansion on dncachesize behavior (ITS#5721)
 		slapo-constraint(5) example fix (ITS#5895)
 		slap*(8) man pages should mention slapd-config (ITS#5828)
+		slapacl(8c) fix wording (ITS#5918)
 		slapd(8) document sid (ITS#5873)
 		slapd.access(5) clarify global ACLS (ITS#5851,ITS#5852)
 		slapadd/cat/index(8) note -n 0 for slapd-config (ITS#5891)
diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
index 23862182e7b37921ca9d669baee102444d1d54f2..d78a27f489437a77eb11f628147294e68eb35d67 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapacl.8
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ slapacl \- Check access to a list of attributes.
 .LP
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .LP
-.B Slapacl
-is used to check the behavior of the slapd in verifying access to data
-according to ACLs, as specified in 
-.BR slapd.access (5).
+.B slapacl
+is used to check the behavior of 
+.BR slapd (8) 
+by verifying access to directory data according to the access control list
+directives defined in its configuration.
+.
 It opens the
 .BR slapd.conf (5)
 configuration file or the