diff --git a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
index 12a31dd7fee4..dda5d4a7dd23 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
@@ -106,15 +106,16 @@ This option should probably not be used.
 The system is halted or restarted quickly and ungracefully, and only
 the flushing of the file system cache is performed (if the
 .Fl n
-is not specified).
+flag is not specified).
 This option should probably not be used.
 .It Fl p
-The system will turn off the power
-if it can.
-This is of course likely to make
-.Nm
-rather similar to
-.Nm halt .
+The system will turn off the power if it can.
+If the power down action fails, the system
+will halt or reboot normally, depending on whether
+.Nm halt
+or
+.Nm reboot
+was called.
 .El
 .Pp
 The