diff --git a/man/homectl.xml b/man/homectl.xml
index dd16e47beb..732b7511ad 100644
--- a/man/homectl.xml
+++ b/man/homectl.xml
@@ -299,11 +299,13 @@
TIMEZONE
- Takes a timezone specification as string that sets the timezone for the specified
- user. Expects a `tzdata` location string. When the user logs in the $TZ
- environment variable is initialized from this setting. Example:
- will result in the environment variable
- TZ=:Europe/Amsterdam.
+ Takes a time zone location name that sets the timezone for the specified user. When
+ the user logs in the $TZ environment variable is initialized from this
+ setting. Example: will result in the environment
+ variable TZ=:Europe/Amsterdam. (: is used intentionally as part
+ of the timezone specification, see
+ tzset3.)
+