diff --git a/sys-utils/swapon.8 b/sys-utils/swapon.8
index 299da2282..9abb1b39f 100644
--- a/sys-utils/swapon.8
+++ b/sys-utils/swapon.8
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ available swap discard policies:
 to perform a single-time discard operation for the whole swap area at swapon;
 or
 .BI \-\-discard=pages
-to discard freed swap pages before they are reused, while swapping.
+to asynchronously discard freed swap pages before they are avaliable for reuse.
 If no policy is selected, the default behavior is to enable both discard types.
 The
 .I /etc/fstab