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-rw-r--r--man/start-stop-daemon.84
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
index acdde1ae..5467ec2f 100644
--- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8
+++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ but with the standard error output.
These options are only used for stopping daemons:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl R , -retry Ar timeout | Ar signal Ns / Ns Ar timeout
-You can either specify a timeout in seconds or a multiple signal/timeout
-(like SIGTERM/5) pairs as a stopping schedule.
+The retry specification can be either a timeout in seconds or multiple
+signal/timeout pairs (like SIGTERM/5).
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Va SSD_NICELEVEL