diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.asciidoc b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.asciidoc
index a7c6f7b1..57fbc966 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.asciidoc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Options
 
 	*sign*;;
 		Generate a PGP signature file using GnuPG. This will execute 'gpg
-		\--detach-sign \--use-agent' on the built package to generate a detached
+		\--detach-sign' on the built package to generate a detached
 		signature file, using the GPG agent, if it is available. The signature
 		file will be the entire file name of the package with a ``.sig''
 		extension.
diff --git a/doc/repo-add.8.asciidoc b/doc/repo-add.8.asciidoc
index 9b903ab1..0b8eab49 100644
--- a/doc/repo-add.8.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/repo-add.8.asciidoc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Common Options
 
 *-s, \--sign*::
 	Generate a PGP signature file using GnuPG. This will execute `gpg
-	--detach-sign --use-agent` on the generated database to generate a detached
+	--detach-sign` on the generated database to generate a detached
 	signature file, using the GPG agent if it is available. The signature file
 	will be the entire filename of the database with a ``.sig'' extension.