diff --git a/lib/krb5/krb5.conf.5 b/lib/krb5/krb5.conf.5
index fce808c38..32e841039 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/krb5.conf.5
+++ b/lib/krb5/krb5.conf.5
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ values can be either yes/true or no/false.
 .It time
 values can be a list of year, month, day, hour, min, second.
 Example: 1 month 2 days 30 min.
-If no unit is given, minutes is assumed.
+If no unit is given, seconds is assumed.
 .It etypes
 valid encryption types are: des-cbc-crc, des-cbc-md4, des-cbc-md5,
 des3-cbc-sha1, arcfour-hmac-md5, aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96, and