diff --git a/man/systemd-keyutil.xml b/man/systemd-keyutil.xml
index 7060433762..6b75c7bba8 100644
--- a/man/systemd-keyutil.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-keyutil.xml
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><command>pkcs7</command></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>This command generates a PKCS#7 signature that embeds the PKCS#1 signature (RSA)
-        provided with <option>--signature=</option> to an <option>--output=</option> file in PKCS#7 format
-        (p7s) using the certificate given with <option>--certificate=</option>.</para>
+        <listitem><para>This command embeds the PKCS#1 signature (RSA) provided with
+        <option>--signature=</option> in a PKCS#7 signature using the certificate given with
+        <option>--certificate=</option> and writes it to the file specified with <option>--output=</option>
+        in PKCS#7 format (p7s).</para>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v258"/></listitem>
       </varlistentry>