diff --git a/rst/modules/user.rst b/rst/modules/user.rst
index 8f4be3566d..d866372ca1 100644
--- a/rst/modules/user.rst
+++ b/rst/modules/user.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Creates user accounts, manipulates existing user accounts, and removes user acco
 +--------------------+----------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | force              |          | no      | when used with state=absent, behavior is as with userdel --force           |
 +--------------------+----------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| remove             |          | no      | when used with state=remove, behavior is as with userdel --remove          |
+| remove             |          | no      | when used with state=absent, behavior is as with userdel --remove          |
 +--------------------+----------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 Example action from Ansible :doc:`playbooks`::