diff --git a/tar.1 b/tar.1
index 78bd5b4..6341e17 100644
--- a/tar.1
+++ b/tar.1
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Extract archive.
 .It Fl h
 Always dereference symbolic links while recursively traversing directories.
 .It Fl J | Fl Z | Fl a | Fl j | Fl z
-Use xz | compress | lzma | bzip2 | gzip decompression. These
+Use xz | compress | lzma | bzip2 | gzip compression or decompression. These
 utilities must be installed separately.
 Using these flags is discouraged in favour of the flexibility
 and clarity of pipes: