diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index da4282e502..47b7d7b1d1 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -1620,7 +1620,8 @@ allow my_server_t localnet_peer_t:peer recv;</programlisting>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>HopLimit=</varname></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para> Configures per route hop limit. See also <varname>IPv6HopLimit=</varname>.</para>
+          <para>Configures per route hop limit. Takes an integer in the range 1…255. See also
+          <varname>IPv6HopLimit=</varname>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-route.c b/src/network/networkd-route.c
index 7af697c16d..99c9a13539 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-route.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-route.c
@@ -2573,17 +2573,17 @@ int config_parse_route_hop_limit(
         r = safe_atou32(rvalue, &k);
         if (r < 0) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r,
-                           "Could not parse route hop limit %s \"%s\", ignoring assignment: %m", lvalue, rvalue);
+                           "Could not parse per route hop limit, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }
         if (k > 255) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, 0,
-                           "Specified route hop limit %s \"%s\" is too large, ignoring assignment: %m", lvalue, rvalue);
+                           "Specified per route hop limit \"%s\" is too large, ignoring assignment: %m", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }
         if (k == 0) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, 0,
-                           "Invalid route hop limit %s \"%s\", ignoring assignment: %m", lvalue, rvalue);
+                           "Invalid per route hop limit \"%s\", ignoring assignment: %m", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }