diff --git a/mercurial/help/patterns.txt b/mercurial/help/patterns.txt
--- a/mercurial/help/patterns.txt
+++ b/mercurial/help/patterns.txt
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ feeds. Each string read from the file is
 pattern.
 
 All patterns, except for ``glob:`` specified in command line (not for
-``-I`` or ``-X`` options) or ``.hgignore`` file, can match also
-against directories: files under matched directories are treated as
-matched.
+``-I`` or ``-X`` options), can match also against directories: files
+under matched directories are treated as matched.
 
 Plain examples::