diff --git a/htop.1.in b/htop.1.in
index 80f28b77..9b81a210 100644
--- a/htop.1.in
+++ b/htop.1.in
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ entering their PIDs.
 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
 .TP
 \fB\-d \-\-delay=DELAY\fR
-Delay between updates, in tenths of seconds. If the delay value is
-less than 1 it is increased to 1, i.e. 1/10 second. If the delay value
+Delay between updates, in tenths of a second. If the delay value is
+less than 1, it is increased to 1, i.e. 1/10 second. If the delay value
 is greater than 100, it is decreased to 100, i.e. 10 seconds.
 .TP
 \fB\-C \-\-no-color \-\-no-colour\fR