diff --git a/runtime/doc/quickfix.txt b/runtime/doc/quickfix.txt
index e7045c5..6942a58 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/quickfix.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/quickfix.txt
@@ -1359,8 +1359,7 @@
 
 The `--from` argument is an educated guess using the buffer file type;
 it can be overridden by setting `b:pandoc_compiler_from`.
-Likewise the `--metadata lang` argument is set using `&spelllang`;
-it can be overridden by setting `b:pandoc_compiler_lang`.
+The `--metadata lang` argument is set using 'spelllang';
 If `--from=markdown` is assumed and no title set in a title header or
 YAML block, then the filename (without extension) is used as the title.