diff --git a/man1/time.1 b/man1/time.1
index a0920602e..4d6c4e1c6 100644
--- a/man1/time.1
+++ b/man1/time.1
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ The variables
 .BR LC_CTYPE ,
 .BR LC_MESSAGES ,
 .BR LC_NUMERIC ,
-.BR NLSPATH ,
 and
+.BR NLSPATH
+are used for the text and formatting of the output.
 .B PATH
-are used.
-The last one to search for
+is used to search for
 .IR command .
 The remaining ones for the text and formatting of the output.
 .SH GNU VERSION