diff --git a/man/systemd-cat.xml b/man/systemd-cat.xml
index b60984b8a0..6691fc4d56 100644
--- a/man/systemd-cat.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-cat.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
     <title>Description</title>
 
     <para><command>systemd-cat</command> may be used to connect the
-    standard input and output of a process to the journal, or as a
-    filter tool in a shell pipeline to pass the output the previous
-    pipeline element generates to the journal.</para>
+    standard output and error output of a command to the journal, or
+    as a filter tool in a shell pipeline to pass the output the
+    previous pipeline element generates to the journal.</para>
 
     <para>If no parameter is passed, <command>systemd-cat</command>
     will write everything it reads from standard input (stdin) to the