diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
index 22eb9a2f9d4136609959102166482972cfe52f54..b92119a92ccf40d8ee5571dc75d9ed75b5ef2e2d 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapdelete.1
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. If it's not
 specified, the program will choose the best mechanism the server knows.
 .TP
 .B \-Z[Z]
-Request the use of TLS (Transport Layer Security). If you use
+Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use
 .B \-ZZ\c
-, the command will fail if TLS negotiation does not succeed for some reason.
+, the command will require the operation to be successful.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 The following command:
 .LP
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapmodify.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapmodify.1
index 25eec8031e1f7c12144c2193f920f44c8acf5410..e04a0d186afe07477d03978a8a6733e3047442f9 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapmodify.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapmodify.1
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. If it's not
 specified, the program will choose the best mechanism the server knows.
 .TP
 .B \-Z[Z]
-Request the use of TLS (Transport Layer Security). If you use
+Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use
 .B \-ZZ\c
-, the command will fail if TLS negotiation does not succeed for some reason.
+, the command will require the operation to be successful.
 .SH INPUT FORMAT
 The contents of \fIfile\fP (or standard input if no \-f flag is given on
 the command line) should conform to the format defined in
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapmodrdn.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapmodrdn.1
index 790731e0d424fece27b7fb5907c13368feccf565..5fc47bae1f7046a3442952c79502848d81f81215 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapmodrdn.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapmodrdn.1
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. If it's not
 specified, the program will choose the best mechanism the server knows.
 .TP
 .B \-Z[Z]
-Request the use of TLS (Transport Layer Security). If you use
+Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use
 .B \-ZZ\c
-, the command will fail if TLS negotiation does not succeed for some reason.
+, the command will require the operation to be successful.
 .SH INPUT FORMAT
 If the command-line arguments \fIdn\fP and \fIrdn\fP are given, \fIrdn\fP
 will replace the RDN of the entry specified by the DN, \fIdn\fP.
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldappasswd.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldappasswd.1
index d2b1391b901435b89ea8193c72913f7f279872cf..a5f569c8ddac474a2400df67bfd7b46ad92571ec 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldappasswd.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldappasswd.1
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. If it's not
 specified, the program will choose the best mechanism the server knows.
 .TP
 .B \-Z[Z]
-Request the use of TLS (Transport Layer Security). If you use
+Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use
 .B \-ZZ\c
-, the command will fail if TLS negotiation does not succeed for some reason.
+, the command will require the operation to be successful.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR ldap_bind (3)
 .SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1 b/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
index 91be9d6d44746f134e96a3aab20716722285a577..7de3b6f5110c3c1bbb476f34673c63ec4700d53c 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/ldapsearch.1
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication. If it's not
 specified, the program will choose the best mechanism the server knows.
 .TP
 .B \-Z[Z]
-Request the use of TLS (Transport Layer Security). If you use
+Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended operation. If you use
 .B \-ZZ\c
-, the command will fail if TLS negotiation does not succeed for some reason.
+, the command will require the operation to be successful.
 .SH OUTPUT FORMAT
 If one or more entries are found, each entry is written to standard output
 in the form: