diff --git a/zic.8 b/zic.8
index 4fbd9ca..d28d861 100644
--- a/zic.8
+++ b/zic.8
@@ -426,17 +426,9 @@ a clock retreat caused by a change in UTC offset,
 .IR zic
 produces a single transition to daylight saving at the new UTC offset 
 (without any change in wall clock time).
-If you want two separate transitions
-(for example,
-a one-hour retreat from
-U. S. Eastern Standard Time
-to
-U. S. Central Standard Time
-followed one hour later by a one-hour advance to
-U. S. Central Daylight Time),
-you can artificially
-(and slightly inaccurately)
-specify the UTC offset change as occuring a single second too early.
+To get separate transitions
+use multiple zone continuation lines
+specifying transition instants using universal time.
 .SH FILE
 /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo	standard directory used for created files
 .SH "SEE ALSO"