diff --git a/man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml b/man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml
index f4d2dc1341..e1b6e914e8 100644
--- a/man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <para><filename>systemd-fsck</filename> does not know any details
     about specific filesystems, and simply executes file system
     checkers specific to each filesystem type
-    (<filename>/sbin/fsck.*</filename>). This helper will decide if
+    (<filename>/sbin/fsck.*</filename>). These checkers will decide if
     the filesystem should actually be checked based on the time since
     last check, number of mounts, unclean unmount, etc.</para>