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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
index 309fd1269bd..2d131c91097 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
@@ -655,11 +655,7 @@ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX <replaceable>name</replaceable> ON <replaceable>table</repla
<note>
<para>
- The preferred way to add a unique constraint to a table is
- <literal>ALTER TABLE ... ADD CONSTRAINT</literal>. The use of
- indexes to enforce unique constraints could be considered an
- implementation detail that should not be accessed directly.
- One should, however, be aware that there's no need to manually
+ There's no need to manually
create indexes on unique columns; doing so would just duplicate
the automatically-created index.
</para>