diff --git a/lib/krb5/krb5_set_password.3 b/lib/krb5/krb5_set_password.3
index 94a1b38a7..9ff2bf697 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/krb5_set_password.3
+++ b/lib/krb5/krb5_set_password.3
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ These functions change the password for a given principal.
 .Pp
 .Fn krb5_set_password
 and
-.Fa krb5_set_password_using_ccache
-is the newer two of the three functions and uses a newer version of the
-protocol (and falls back to the older when the newer doesn't work).
+.Fn krb5_set_password_using_ccache
+are the newer of the three functions, and use a newer version of the
+protocol (and also fall back to the older set-password protocol if the
+newer protocol doesn't work).
 .Pp
 .Fn krb5_change_password
 set the password