diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index 0a8d196e5..67cdbc0ef 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ printf("%s %s ( %s )\n"
        "  --osscan-limit: Limit OS detection to promising targets\n"
        "  --osscan-guess: Guess OS more aggressively\n"
        "TIMING AND PERFORMANCE:\n"
-       "  Options which take <time> are in milliseconds, unless you append 's'\n"
-       "  (seconds), 'm' (minutes), or 'h' (hours) to the value (e.g. 30m).\n"
+       "  Options which take <time> are in seconds, or append 'ms' (milliseconds),\n"
+       "  's' (seconds), 'm' (minutes), or 'h' (hours) to the value (e.g. 30m).\n"
        "  -T<0-5>: Set timing template (higher is faster)\n"
        "  --min-hostgroup/max-hostgroup <size>: Parallel host scan group sizes\n"
        "  --min-parallelism/max-parallelism <numprobes>: Probe parallelization\n"