diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 971b7e6a9e..2f5af8aa61 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null
argument is omitted, symlinks to files with the same name
residing in the directory
/usr/share/factory/ are created. Note
- that permissions and ownership on symlinks are ignored.
+ that permissions on symlinks are ignored.
@@ -589,8 +589,8 @@ w- /proc/sys/vm/swappiness - - - - 10
systemd-tmpfiles8 is
used. For z and Z lines, when omitted or when set to
-, the file ownership will not be modified. These parameters are ignored for
- x, r, R, L,
- t, and a lines.
+ x, r, R, t,
+ and a lines.
This field should generally only reference system users/groups, i.e. users/groups that are
guaranteed to be resolvable during early boot. If this field references users/groups that only become