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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
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+++ b/man/emerge.1
@@ -320,10 +320,8 @@ list. This option implies \fB\-k\fR. (Use \fB\-gK\fR for binary\-only
merging.)
.TP
.BR "\-\-getbinpkgonly " (\fB\-G\fR)
-This option is identical to \fB\-g\fR, as above, except it will not use ANY
-information from the local machine. All binaries will be downloaded from the
-remote server without consulting packages existing in the local packages
-directory.
+This option is identical to \fB\-g\fR, as above, except binaries from the
+remote server are preferred over local packages if they are not identical.
.TP
.BR "\-\-ignore-default-opts"
Causes \fIEMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS\fR (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5)) to be ignored.