diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/etag-compare.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/etag-compare.d
index c6ed39cb7..c984cc9f8 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/etag-compare.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/etag-compare.d
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 7.68.0
 Category: http
 ---
-This option makes a conditional HTTP request for the specific
-ETag read from the given file by sending a custom If-None-Match
-header using the extracted ETag.
+This option makes a conditional HTTP request for the specific ETag read
+from the given file by sending a custom If-None-Match header using the
+stored ETag.
 
-For correct results, make sure that specified file contains only a single
-line with a desired ETag. An empty file is parsed as an empty ETag.
+For correct results, make sure that the specified file contains only a
+single line with the desired ETag. An empty file is parsed as an empty
+ETag.
 
 Use the option --etag-save to first save the ETag from a response, and
-then use this option to compare using the saved ETag in a subsequent request.
-
-**COMPARISON**: There are 2 types of comparison or ETags: Weak and Strong.
-This option expects, and uses a strong comparison.
+then use this option to compare against the saved ETag in a subsequent
+request.
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/etag-save.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/etag-save.d
index 95d1615ae..dc2484c32 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/etag-save.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/etag-save.d
@@ -5,13 +5,7 @@ Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 7.68.0
 Category: http
 ---
-This option saves an HTTP ETag to the specified file. Etag is
-usually part of headers returned by a request. When server sends an
-ETag, it must be enveloped by a double quote. This option extracts the
-ETag without the double quotes and saves it into the <file>.
+This option saves an HTTP ETag to the specified file. An ETag is a
+caching related header, usually returned in a response.
 
-A server can send a weak ETag which is prefixed by "W/". This identifier
-is not considered, and only relevant ETag between quotation marks is parsed.
-
-It an ETag wasn't sent by the server or it cannot be parsed, an empty
-file is created.
+If no ETag is sent by the server, an empty file is created.