diff --git a/share/man/man9/style.9 b/share/man/man9/style.9
index 360c48221c4..b111619e8ff 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/style.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/style.9
@@ -923,11 +923,11 @@ indentation rules.
 .Xr style.mdoc 5 ,
 .Xr style.lua 9
 .Sh HISTORY
-This manual page is largely based on the
+This manual page was originally based on the
 .Pa src/admin/style/style
 file from the
 .Bx 4.4 Lite2
-release, with occasional updates to reflect the current practice and
+release, with frequent updates to reflect the current practice and
 desire of the
 .Fx
 project.