diff --git a/man/timedatectl.xml b/man/timedatectl.xml
index e5d0ef4171..187a7ad26a 100644
--- a/man/timedatectl.xml
+++ b/man/timedatectl.xml
@@ -104,10 +104,13 @@
         <term><command>status</command></term>
 
         <listitem><para>Show current settings of the system clock and
-        RTC, including whether NTP is enabled. Note that the NTP state
+        RTC, including whether network time synchronization is
+        enabled. Note that the network time synchronization state
         simply reflects whether the
         <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> unit is
-        enabled.</para></listitem>
+        enabled. Even if the status is shown as off with this command
+        another service might still synchronize the network over the
+        network.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
@@ -162,11 +165,13 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><command>set-ntp [BOOL]</command></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether NTP
-        based network time synchronization is enabled (if
-        available). This enables or disables the
-        <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename>
-        unit.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether
+        network time synchronous is enabled (if available). This
+        enables or disables the
+        <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> unit. Note that
+        even if time synchronization is turned off with this command
+        another system service might still synchronize the clock with
+        the network.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
     </variablelist>
diff --git a/src/timedate/timedatectl.c b/src/timedate/timedatectl.c
index 89913cc4ed..58a92d3158 100644
--- a/src/timedate/timedatectl.c
+++ b/src/timedate/timedatectl.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void print_status_info(const StatusInfo *i) {
                 tzset();
 
         printf("       Time zone: %s (%.*s)\n"
-               "     NTP enabled: %s\n"
+               " Network Time on: %s\n"
                "NTP synchronized: %s\n"
                " RTC in local TZ: %s\n",
                strna(i->timezone), (int) sizeof(a), have_time ? a : "n/a",
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void help(void) {
                "  set-timezone ZONE        Set system time zone\n"
                "  list-timezones           Show known time zones\n"
                "  set-local-rtc BOOL       Control whether RTC is in local time\n"
-               "  set-ntp BOOL             Control whether NTP is enabled\n",
+               "  set-ntp BOOL             Control whether network time synchronization is enabled\n",
                program_invocation_short_name);
 }