diff --git a/R/excel_time_to_numeric.R b/R/excel_time_to_numeric.R
index 9bea5b53..8a6eb66b 100644
--- a/R/excel_time_to_numeric.R
+++ b/R/excel_time_to_numeric.R
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #' \code{time_value} may be one of the following formats:
 #' \itemize{
 #'   \item{numeric}{The input must be a value from 0 to 1 (exclusive of 1); this value is returned as-is.}
-#'   \item{POSIXlt or POSIXct}{The input must be on the day 1899-12-31 (any other day is an error).  The time of day is extracted and converted to a fraction of a day.}
+#'   \item{POSIXlt or POSIXct}{The input must be on the day 1899-12-31 (any other day will cause an error).  The time of day is extracted and converted to a fraction of a day.}
 #'   \item{character}{Any of the following (or a mixture of the choices):}
 #'   \itemize{
 #'     \item{A character string that is a number between 0 and 1 (exclusive of 1), converted like a numeric value.}