diff --git a/man4/dsp56k.4 b/man4/dsp56k.4
index f7fbee5cb..480a748de 100644
--- a/man4/dsp56k.4
+++ b/man4/dsp56k.4
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ sets the transmit word size.
 Allowed values are in the range 1 to 4,
 and is the number of bytes that will be sent at a time to the
 DSP56001.
-These data quantities will either be padded with zero
-bytes, or truncated to fit the native 24-bit data format of the
+These data quantities will either be padded with bytes containing zero,
+or truncated to fit the native 24-bit data format of the
 DSP56001.
 .IP \fBDSP56K_SET_RX_WSIZE\fP
 sets the receive word size.