diff --git a/R/excel_time_to_numeric.R b/R/excel_time_to_numeric.R
index 2632c7c6..9922dd9a 100644
--- a/R/excel_time_to_numeric.R
+++ b/R/excel_time_to_numeric.R
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #'   \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.}
+#'     \item{A character string that is a number between 0 and 1 (exclusive of 1).  This value will be converted like a numeric value.}
 #'     \item{A character string that looks like a date on 1899-12-31 (specifically, it must start with \code{"1899-12-31 "}), converted like a POSIXct object as described above.}
 #'     \item{A character string that looks like a time.  Choices are 12-hour time as hour, minute, and optionally second followed by "am" or "pm" (case insensitive) or 24-hour time when hour, minute, optionally second, and no "am" or "pm" is included.}
 #'   }