diff --git a/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc b/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
index 6a0f09c982b..18aee6094f8 100644
--- a/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
@@ -307,22 +307,20 @@ By default the updated source is not returned.
 See <<search-request-source-filtering, `source filtering`>> for details.
 
 
-`version` & `version_type`::
+`version`::
 
 The update API uses the Elasticsearch's versioning support internally to make
 sure the document doesn't change during the update. You can use the `version`
 parameter to specify that the document should only be updated if its version
-matches the one specified. By setting version type to `force` you can force
-the new version of the document after update (use with care! with `force`
-there is no guarantee the document didn't change).
+matches the one specified.
 
 [NOTE]
-.The update API does not support external versioning
+.The update API does not support versioning other than internal
 =====================================================
 
-External versioning (version types `external` & `external_gte`) is not
-supported by the update API as it would result in Elasticsearch version
-numbers being out of sync with the external system.  Use the
+External (version types `external` & `external_gte`) or forced (version type `force`)
+versioning is not supported by the update API as it would result in Elasticsearch 
+version numbers being out of sync with the external system.  Use the
 <<docs-index_,`index` API>> instead.
 
 =====================================================