diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sattach.1 b/doc/man/man1/sattach.1
index 4bb1c7e276d40129fd0d5e7ab426de8f8d5189ed..266494d1f46cfd1b6b5830e4ee1c574a44207e1d 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sattach.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sattach.1
@@ -29,11 +29,8 @@ sattach.
 
 .TP
 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-label\fR
-prepend task number to lines of stdout/err. Normally, stdout and stderr
-from remote tasks is line-buffered directly to the stdout and stderr of
-\fBsattach\fR.
-The \fB\-\-label\fR option will prepend lines of output with the remote
-task id.
+Prepend each line of task standard output or standard error with the task
+number of its origin.
 
 .TP
 \fB\-\-layout\fR