diff --git a/doc/plugins/pagecount.mdwn b/doc/plugins/pagecount.mdwn
index 6235963d3..c1c15eafb 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/pagecount.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/pagecount.mdwn
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ This plugin provides the [[ikiwiki/directive/pagecount]]
 currently in the wiki.
 
 If it is turned on it can tell us that this wiki includes
-[[!pagecount pages="* and !recentchanges"]]
-pages, of which [[!pagecount pages="*/Discussion"]] are discussion pages.
+[[!pagecount]] pages, of which
+[[!pagecount pages="*/Discussion"]] are discussion pages.