diff --git a/man/common-variables.xml b/man/common-variables.xml
index 29922aa85a..2f478cb453 100644
--- a/man/common-variables.xml
+++ b/man/common-variables.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <varlistentry id='log-time'>
       <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_LOG_TIME</varname></term>
 
-      <listitem><para id='log-time-body'>A boolean. If true, log messages will be prefixed with a
+      <listitem><para id='log-time-body'>A boolean. If true, console log messages will be prefixed with a
       timestamp.</para>
 
       <para>This setting is only useful when messages are written directly to the terminal or a file, because
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index c60f220f31..5f1642ee9d 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>--log-time=</option></term>
 
-          <listitem><para>Prefix messages with timestamp. See <varname>systemd.log_time</varname> above.
+          <listitem><para>Prefix console messages with timestamp. See <varname>systemd.log_time</varname> above.
           </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>