diff --git a/src/scripts/xzless.1 b/src/scripts/xzless.1
index 6aa3dc36..570e601c 100644
--- a/src/scripts/xzless.1
+++ b/src/scripts/xzless.1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" (Note that this file is not based on gzip's zless.1.)
 .\"
-.TH XZLESS 1 "2010-09-27" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
+.TH XZLESS 1 "2024-02-12" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
 .SH NAME
 xzless, lzless \- view xz or lzma compressed (text) files
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ xzless, lzless \- view xz or lzma compressed (text) files
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B xzless
 is a filter that displays text from compressed files to a terminal.
-It works on files compressed with
+Files supported by
 .BR xz (1)
-or
-.BR lzma (1).
+are decompressed;
+other files are assumed to be in uncompressed form already.
 If no
 .I files
 are given,