diff --git a/man/lvdisplay.8 b/man/lvdisplay.8
index 0617ce979..602c7fd10 100644
--- a/man/lvdisplay.8
+++ b/man/lvdisplay.8
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ lvdisplay allows you to see the attributes of a logical volume
 like size, read/write status, snapshot information etc.
 .P
 \fBlvs\fP (8) is an alternative that provides the same information 
-in the style of \fBps\fP (1).
+in the style of \fBps\fP (1).  \fBlvs\fP is recommended over
+\fBlvdisplay\fP.
+
 .SH OPTIONS
 See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
 .TP