diff --git a/programs/zstd.1 b/programs/zstd.1
index b8389042..b84ab332 100644
--- a/programs/zstd.1
+++ b/programs/zstd.1
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ unlocks high compression levels 20+ (maximum 22), using a lot more memory\. Note
 .
 .TP
 \fB\-T#\fR
-Compress using # threads (default: 1)\. If \fB#\fR is 0, attempt to detect the number of physical CPU cores and compress with that many threads\. This modifier is only available if \fBzstd\fR was compiled with multithreading support\.
+Compress using # threads (default: 1)\. If \fB#\fR is 0, attempt to detect the number of physical CPU cores and compress with that many threads\. This modified does nothing if \fBzstd\fR was compiled without multithread support\.
 .
 .TP
 \fB\-D file\fR
diff --git a/programs/zstd.1.md b/programs/zstd.1.md
index 9044eb34..4b918d8f 100644
--- a/programs/zstd.1.md
+++ b/programs/zstd.1.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ the last one takes effect.
     Compress using # threads (default: 1).
     If `#` is 0, attempt to detect the number of physical CPU cores and compress with
     that many threads.
-    This modifier is only available if `zstd` was compiled with multithreading support.
+    This modified does nothing if `zstd` was compiled without multithread support.
 * `-D file`:
     use `file` as Dictionary to compress or decompress FILE(s)
 * `--nodictID`: