diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5
index b9abc3e8e..0a08b64e5 100644
--- a/man5/locale.5
+++ b/man5/locale.5
@@ -1215,9 +1215,9 @@ shall be used for Monday.
 See NOTES.
 .TP
 .IR first_weekday " (since glibc 2.2)"
-followed by the number of the first day from the
+followed by the number of the day from the
 .I day
-list to be shown in calendar applications.
+list to be shown as the first day of the week in calendar applications.
 The default value of
 .B 1
 corresponds to either Sunday or Monday depending