diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5
index 6f0538a40..d1ac71c84 100644
--- a/man5/locale.5
+++ b/man5/locale.5
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ followed by the appropriate representation of the
 and
 .B pm
 strings.
-This should not be defined for locales not using AM/PM convention.
+This should be defined only for locales using AM/PM convention.
 .TP
 .I d_t_fmt
 followed by the appropriate date and time format.