diff --git a/manuals/manpage.0 b/manuals/manpage.0
index 62fc9eb8..4985964c 100644
--- a/manuals/manpage.0
+++ b/manuals/manpage.0
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ is added as an argument to \fI-q\fP. If one or more ponies are added as an argum
 to \fI-q\fP the pony will be selected randomly from that set of ponies.
 .TP
 .B \-W, \-\-wrap \fIcolumn\fP
-The screen column where the message should be wrapped, the balloons extra width is taken
+The screen column where the message should be wrapped, the balloon's extra width is taken
 into consideration. If the argument is not an integer, but starts instead with \fIn\fP,
 no wrapping is done, and if it starts with \fIi\fP the width of the terminal is used.
 .TP
diff --git a/manuals/ponysay.texinfo b/manuals/ponysay.texinfo
index a5585752..20ae9f63 100644
--- a/manuals/ponysay.texinfo
+++ b/manuals/ponysay.texinfo
@@ -248,9 +248,11 @@ balloon style is specified a fallback style will be used.
 @opindex @option{-W}
 @opindex @option{--wrap}
 Specify the screen column where the message should be wrapped, this is by default 40,
-as with @command{cowsay}. If the argument is not an integer, but starts instead with
-@code{n} (for ‘none’ or ‘no’), no wrapping is done, and if it starts with @code{i}
-(for ‘inherit’) the width of the terminal is used.
+as with @command{cowsay}. The balloon's extra width is taken into consideration.
+
+If the argument is not an integer, but starts instead with @code{n} (for ‘none’ or
+‘no’), no wrapping is done, and if it starts with @code{i} (for ‘inherit’) the width
+of the terminal is used.
 
 @code{n} and @code{i} is case insensitive, so you may use @code{N} and @code{I}
 instead. Additionally, typo correction is for QWERTY and Dvorak is built in to