diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 8d7aa2127a9..72fa5c48973 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -4033,11 +4033,13 @@ ServerAddress=192.168.0.1/24</programlisting>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>RetransmitSec=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Takes a timespan. Configures the retransmit time, used by clients to retransmit Neighbor
-        Solicitation messages on address resolution and the Neighbor Unreachability Detection algorithm.
-        An integer, the default unit is seconds, in the range 0…4294967295 msec. Defaults to 0.</para>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Configures the time, used in the Neighbor Unreachability Detection algorithm, for which
+          clients can use as retransmit time on address resolution and the Neighbor Unreachability Detection
+          algorithm. Takes a time span in the range 0…4294967295 ms. When 0, clients will handle it as if
+          the value wasn't specified. Defaults to 0.</para>
 
-        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v255"/>
+          <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v255"/>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>