diff --git a/pages/common/mtr.md b/pages/common/mtr.md
index 5ce54cb9a..d8a7f3700 100644
--- a/pages/common/mtr.md
+++ b/pages/common/mtr.md
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 
 `mtr -4 {{host}}`
 
-- Define the time to wait before sending another packet to the same hop:
+- Wait for a given time (in seconds) before sending another packet to the same hop:
 
 `mtr -i {{seconds}} {{host}}`