diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml
index ba2175e79b..439ea6505d 100644
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -186,10 +186,9 @@
 	    <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> and use that as the
 	    login directory name.  
 	    The directory <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> is not created by
-	    default.  However it will be created for non-system users if either the
-	    <option>-m</option> flag is specified or
-	    <replaceable>CREATE_HOME</replaceable> in
-	    <filename>login.defs</filename> is set to true.  However, it will never
+	    default. It will only be created if the <option>-m</option> flag
+	    is specified or, for non-system users, if <replaceable>CREATE_HOME</replaceable>
+	    in <filename>login.defs</filename> is set to true. However, it will never
 	    be created if the <option>-M</option> flag is specified.
 	  </para>
 	</listitem>