diff --git a/docs/usage/prune.rst.inc b/docs/usage/prune.rst.inc
index 7ca4cc663..dd82bf0ef 100644
--- a/docs/usage/prune.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/usage/prune.rst.inc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ borg prune
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     |                                                                             | ``-n``, ``--dry-run``                 | do not change repository                                                                                                                               |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-    |                                                                             | ``--force``                           | force pruning of corrupted archives, use ``--force --force`` in case ``--force`` does not work.                                                        |
+    |                                                                             | ``--force``                           | force pruning of corrupted archives                                                                                                                    |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     |                                                                             | ``-s``, ``--stats``                   | print statistics for the deleted archive                                                                                                               |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 9779d81ad..efb5d96d7 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -4063,7 +4063,8 @@ def define_borg_mount(parser):
         subparser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', dest='dry_run', action='store_true',
                                help='do not change repository')
         subparser.add_argument('--force', dest='forced', action='store_true',
-                               help='force pruning of corrupted archives')
+                               help='force pruning of corrupted archives, '
+                                    'use ``--force --force`` in case ``--force`` does not work.')
         subparser.add_argument('-s', '--stats', dest='stats', action='store_true',
                                help='print statistics for the deleted archive')
         subparser.add_argument('--list', dest='output_list', action='store_true',