diff --git a/man2/quotactl.2 b/man2/quotactl.2
index ea076f97b..50ce29e81 100644
--- a/man2/quotactl.2
+++ b/man2/quotactl.2
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ For each user and/or group,
 a soft limit and a hard limit can be set for each filesystem.
 The hard limit can't be exceeded.
 The soft limit can be exceeded, but warnings will ensue.
-Moreover, the user can't exceed the soft limit for more than one week
-(by default) at a time;
-after this time, the soft limit counts as a hard limit.
+Moreover, the user can't exceed the soft limit for more than grace period
+duration (one week by default) at a time;
+after this, the soft limit counts as a hard limit.
 
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 .BR quotactl ()