diff --git a/man2/adjtimex.2 b/man2/adjtimex.2
index 508f7f084..7286a19fa 100644
--- a/man2/adjtimex.2
+++ b/man2/adjtimex.2
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ The system call
 reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for this algorithm.
 It takes a pointer to a
 .I timex
-structure, updates kernel parameters from field values,
-and returns the same structure with current kernel values.
+structure, updates kernel parameters from (selected) field values,
+and returns the same structure updated with the current kernel values.
 This structure is declared as follows:
 .PP
 .in +4n