diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index 457088eb3..792ca9aa5 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -639,9 +639,8 @@ This command is similar to @option{--decrypt} with the difference that the
 output is not the usual plaintext but the original message with the
 encryption layer removed.  Thus the output will be an OpenPGP data
 structure which often means a signed OpenPGP message.  Note that this
-command may or may not remove a compression layer which is often found
-beneath the encryption layer.  Without the option @option{--output}
-the result is written to a file with the suffix stripped.
+option may or may not remove a compression layer which is often found
+beneath the encryption layer.
 
 @item --tofu-policy @{auto|good|unknown|bad|ask@}  @var{keys}
 @opindex tofu-policy