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diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
index d8209aceb..b3eb281f5 100644
--- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1
+++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ then only the time delta without the timestamp is printed.
.IP "\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-console\-on\fR"
Enable printing messages to the console.
.IP "\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-reltime\fR"
-Display the local time and the delta in human-readable format.
+Display the local time and the delta in human-readable format. Be aware that
+conversion to the local time could be inaccurate (see \fB\-T\fR) for more
+details.
.IP "\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-file \fIfile\fR"
Read the messages from the given
.IR file .
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ then this option can be used to view the entire buffer.
.IP "\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-ctime\fR"
Print human-readable timestamps.
.IP
-Be aware that the timestamp could be inaccurate!
+.B Be aware that the timestamp could be inaccurate!
The
.B time
source used for the logs is