--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.xml
@@ -397,15 +397,12 @@
in effect until the end of the file or another section
indicator).</para>
- <para>In order to set <literal>excludedmimetypes</literal>
- or <literal>indexedmimetypes</literal>, you need to edit the
- <link linkend="RCL.INSTALL.CONFIG.RECOLLCONF">main
- configuration file
- (<filename>recoll.conf</filename>)</link>. I used to have
- a bogus reason for this, but the really true truth is that
- I was too lazy to extend the GUI for these relatively
- rarely used parameters.
- </para>
+ <para><literal>excludedmimetypes</literal> or
+ <literal>indexedmimetypes</literal>, can be set either by
+ editing the <link linkend="RCL.INSTALL.CONFIG.RECOLLCONF">
+ main configuration file
+ (<filename>recoll.conf</filename>)</link>, or from the GUI
+ index configuration tool.</para>