diff --git a/src/calibre/db/cache.py b/src/calibre/db/cache.py
index d90dc96e1e..ddbc6e53d5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/cache.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/cache.py
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ class Cache(object):
     def remove_books(self, book_ids, permanent=False):
         ''' Remove the books specified by the book_ids from the database and delete
         their format files. If ``permanent`` is False, then the format files
-        are not deleted. '''
+        are placed in the recycle bin. '''
         path_map = {}
         for book_id in book_ids:
             try: