diff --git a/man/man1/fzf.1 b/man/man1/fzf.1
index 03f9be77..2159cf36 100644
--- a/man/man1/fzf.1
+++ b/man/man1/fzf.1
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ color mappings.
     \fBcurrent\-bg (bg+)      \fRBackground (current line)
       \fBgutter              \fRGutter on the left
     \fBcurrent\-hl (hl+)      \fRHighlighted substrings (current line)
-    \fBalt\-bg                \fRAlternate background color for striped lines
+    \fBalt\-bg                \fRAlternate background color to create striped lines
     \fBquery (input\-fg)      \fRQuery string
       \fBdisabled            \fRQuery string when search is disabled (\fB\-\-disabled\fR)
     \fBinfo                  \fRInfo line (match counters)