diff --git a/jax/_src/pjit.py b/jax/_src/pjit.py
index d53684743b94..d2424fb7047f 100644
--- a/jax/_src/pjit.py
+++ b/jax/_src/pjit.py
@@ -728,19 +728,10 @@ def pjit(
     processes run the same :func:`~pjit`'d function in the same order.
 
     When running in this configuration, the mesh should contain devices across
-    all processes. However, any input argument dimensions partitioned over
-    multi-process mesh axes should be of size equal to the corresponding *local*
-    mesh axis size, and outputs will be similarly sized according to the local
-    mesh. ``fun`` will still be executed across *all* devices in the mesh,
+    all processes. All inputs arguments must be globally shaped.
+    ``fun`` will still be executed across *all* devices in the mesh,
     including those from other processes, and will be given a global view of the
-    data spread across multiple processes as a single array. However, outside
-    of :func:`~pjit` every process only "sees" its local piece of the input and output,
-    corresponding to its local sub-mesh.
-
-    This means that each process's participating local devices must form a
-    _contiguous_ local sub-mesh within the full global mesh. A contiguous
-    sub-mesh is one where all of its devices are adjacent within the global
-    mesh, and form a rectangular prism.
+    data spread across multiple processes as a single array.
 
     The SPMD model also requires that the same multi-process :func:`~pjit`'d
     functions must be run in the same order on all processes, but they can be