diff --git a/docs/userguide b/docs/userguide
index 2b1dde0b..9f7a9545 100644
--- a/docs/userguide
+++ b/docs/userguide
@@ -680,8 +680,8 @@ for_window [class="urxvt"] border pixel 1
 for_window [title="x200: ~/work"] floating enable
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-The valid criteria are the same as those for commands, see <<command_criteria>>. Only config
-directives with a command equivalent can be executed at runtime, see <<list_of_commands>>.
+The valid criteria are the same as those for commands, see <<command_criteria>>. Only
+commands can be executed at runtime, not config directives, see <<list_of_commands>>.
 
 [[no_focus]]
 === Don't focus window upon opening
@@ -1901,9 +1901,6 @@ The criteria +class+, +instance+, +role+, +title+, +workspace+ and +mark+ are
 actually regular expressions (PCRE). See +pcresyntax(3)+ or +perldoc perlre+ for
 information on how to use them.
 
-Note that config directives listed under <<configuring>> cannot be changed at runtime 
-unless they happen to have a command equivalent.
-
 [[exec]]
 === Executing applications (exec)