diff --git a/man/pgg.texi b/man/pgg.texi
index ba6b5f61703..263169374d4 100644
--- a/man/pgg.texi
+++ b/man/pgg.texi
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ Elapsed time for expiration in seconds.
 @end defvar
 
 If your passphrase contains non-ASCII characters, you might need to
-specify the coding-system to be used to encode your passphrases since
-GnuPG treats them as a byte sequence not a character sequence.
+specify the coding system to be used to encode your passphrases, since
+GnuPG treats them as a byte sequence, not as a character sequence.
 
 @defvar pgg-passphrase-coding-system
-Coding-system used to encode passphrase.
+Coding system used to encode passphrase.
 @end defvar
 
 @node Default user identity