diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 46bec912c5..809f992994 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock</programlisting>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%h</literal></entry>
               <entry>User home directory</entry>
-              <entry>This is the home directory of the user running the service manager instance. In case of the system manager this resolves to <literal>/root</literal>.</entry>
+              <entry>This is the home directory of the user running the command. In case of the system instance this resolves to <literal>/root</literal>.</entry>
             </row>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%H</literal></entry>
@@ -659,12 +659,12 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock</programlisting>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%u</literal></entry>
               <entry>User name</entry>
-              <entry>This is the name of the user running the service manager instance. In case of the system manager this resolves to <literal>root</literal>.</entry>
+              <entry>This is the name of the user running the command. In case of the system instance this resolves to <literal>root</literal>.</entry>
             </row>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%U</literal></entry>
               <entry>User UID</entry>
-              <entry>This is the numeric UID of the user running the service manager instance. In case of the system manager this resolves to <constant>0</constant>.</entry>
+              <entry>This is the numeric UID of the user running the command. In case of the system instance this resolves to <constant>0</constant>.</entry>
             </row>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%v</literal></entry>