diff --git a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
index 6d89f6254fbb..1db6590e5d13 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
@@ -367,8 +367,9 @@ This would usually be set to
 .It Ar weekly_status_pkg_dirs
 (bool) Set to
 .Dq YES
-if you want to report out-of-date packages installed using
-.Xr pkg_version 1 .
+if you want to use
+.Xr pkg_version 1
+to list installed packages which are out of date.
 .It Ar weekly_local
 (str) Set to a list of extra scripts that should be run after all other
 weekly scripts.