diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index 6ffd84ced3..38c93e60ee 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ in the server configuration.
 
 Until MySQL 5.5.4, the default engine was MyISAM_ [#]_. The main drawbacks of
 MyISAM are that it doesn't support transactions or enforce foreign-key
-constraints. On the plus side, it's currently the only engine that supports
-full-text indexing and searching.
+constraints. On the plus side, it was the only engine that supported full-text
+indexing and searching until MySQL 5.6.4.
 
 Since MySQL 5.5.5, the default storage engine is InnoDB_. This engine is fully
 transactional and supports foreign key references. It's probably the best