diff --git a/share/man/man9/style.lua.9 b/share/man/man9/style.lua.9
index 7733f9f54748..c1119fe60144 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/style.lua.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/style.lua.9
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 19, 2018
+.Dd February 20, 2018
 .Dt STYLE.LUA 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ should be done explicitly, rather than as a boolean expression.
 Single-line conditional statements and loops should be avoided.
 .Pp
 .Ic local
-variables should be preferred to module scope variables.
+variables should be preferred to global variables in module scope.
 .Pp
 Multiple local variables should not be declared
 .Sy and