diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el b/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
index 81ba0e4a1f1..10b84fa8851 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
@@ -2626,7 +2626,7 @@ temporarily reverses the meaning of this variable."
 In merge jobs, buffer C is not deleted here, but rather according to
 ediff-quit-merge-hook.
 ASK non-nil means ask the user whether to keep each unmodified buffer, unless
-KEEP-VARIANTS is non-nil, in which case buffers are killed unconditionally.
+KEEP-VARIANTS is non-nil, in which case buffers are never killed.
 A side effect of cleaning up may be that you should be careful when comparing
 the same buffer in two separate Ediff sessions: quitting one of them might
 delete this buffer in another session as well."