diff --git a/man/coredump.conf.xml b/man/coredump.conf.xml
index 5d5440752a8..704646096b1 100644
--- a/man/coredump.conf.xml
+++ b/man/coredump.conf.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>Compress=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Controls the type of compression for external
+        <listitem><para>Controls compression for external
         storage. Takes a boolean argument, defaults to
         <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index bf0b944eab9..4edcc003c0d 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@
                                 value. If enabled (the default), data
                                 objects that shall be stored in the
                                 journal and are larger than a certain
-                                threshold are compressed with the XZ
-                                compression algorithm before they are
-                                written to the file
+                                threshold are compressed before they
+                                are written to the file
                                 system.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>