diff --git a/data/zenity.1 b/data/zenity.1
index ccba588..67b46c8 100644
--- a/data/zenity.1
+++ b/data/zenity.1
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Display info dialog
 Display list dialog
 .TP
 .B \-\-notification
-Display notification icon
+Display notification
 .TP
 .B \-\-progress
 Display progress indication dialog
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ and the text \fIFinding all header files...\fP.
 .IP
 find . \-name '*.h' | zenity \-\-list \-\-title "Search Results" \-\-text "Finding all header files.." \-\-column "Files"
 .PP
-Show an icon in the notification area
+Show a notification in the message tray
 .IP
 zenity \-\-notification \-\-window-icon=update.png \-\-text "System update necessary!"
 .PP