diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 450f15877..49878570b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -181,12 +181,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --depth <depth>::
 	Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
-	specified number of revisions.  A shallow repository has a
-	number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
-	it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
-	are only interested in the recent history of a large project
-	with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
-	as patches.
+	specified number of revisions.
 
 --[no-]single-branch::
 	Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,