diff --git a/man/machinectl.xml b/man/machinectl.xml
index 5d7a14d2c7..c211ca02a9 100644
--- a/man/machinectl.xml
+++ b/man/machinectl.xml
@@ -812,15 +812,11 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--max-addresses=</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>When used with the <option>list-machines</option>
-        command, limits the number of ip addresses output for every machine.
-        Defaults to 1. All addresses can be requested with <literal>all</literal>
-        as argument to <option>--max-addresses</option> . If the argument to
-        <option>--max-addresses</option> is less than the actual number
-        of addresses, <literal>...</literal>follows the last address.
-        If multiple addresses are to be written for a given machine, every
-        address except the first one is on a new line and is followed by
-        <literal>,</literal> if another address will be output afterwards. </para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>When used with the <option>list-machines</option> command, limits the number of ip
+        addresses output for every machine.  Defaults to 1. All addresses can be requested with
+        <literal>all</literal> as argument to <option>--max-addresses=</option>. If the argument to
+        <option>--max-addresses=</option> is less than the actual number of addresses,
+        <literal>…</literal>follows the last address.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>