diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index e338d55..fa246ff 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -6820,11 +6820,9 @@
 
   This rewrites the request URI with the result of the evaluation of format
   string <fmt>. The scheme, authority, path and query string are all replaced
-  at once. This can be used to rewrite hosts in front of proxies, or to perform
-  complex modifications to the URI such as moving parts between the path and
-  the query string. If an absolute URI is set, it will be sent as is to
-  HTTP/1.1 servers. If it is not the desired behavior, the host, the path
-  and/or the query string should be set separately.
+  at once. This can be used to rewrite hosts in front of proxies, or to
+  perform complex modifications to the URI such as moving parts between the
+  path and the query string.
   See also "http-request set-path" and "http-request set-query".
 
 http-request set-var(<var-name>) <expr> [ { if | unless } <condition> ]