diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5 b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5
index af580fa6..26b85a87 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.42 2019/11/11 16:55:34 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.43 2019/11/12 07:19:18 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
 .\" OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 11 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 12 2019 $
 .Dt NTPD.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ keyword can be used to change the stratum value from the default of 1.
 .Pp
 The
 .Ic trusted
-keyword indicates the time learned is secure and trustworthy, cannot
-be man-in-the-middle attacked, so
+keyword indicates the time learned is secure, trustworthy,
+and not vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, so
 .Ic constraints
 validation is skipped.
 This is useful for boot-time correction in environments where