diff --git a/misc/zsh_completion/_tarsnap b/misc/zsh_completion/_tarsnap
index ea08527d..5a1f2ad0 100644
--- a/misc/zsh_completion/_tarsnap
+++ b/misc/zsh_completion/_tarsnap
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ _shtab_tarsnap__list_archives_options=(
   "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"
   "-f[specify hash of archive name to operate on (requires --hashes)]:tapehash"
   "--hashes[make --list-archives print hashes]"
-  "--null-output[filenames in output are separated by null characters]"
+  "--null-output[archive names in output are separated by null characters]"
   "-v[produce verbose output]"
   "--archive-names[read a list of archive names from a file]:filename:{_files}"
   "--configfile[add file to the list of configuration files to be read]:filename:{_files}"
diff --git a/tar/tarsnap.1-man.in b/tar/tarsnap.1-man.in
index dfbb8cc4..cc8ba6e1 100644
--- a/tar/tarsnap.1-man.in
+++ b/tar/tarsnap.1-man.in
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ option to
 .TP
 \fB\--null-output\fP
 (list-archives mode only)
-Filenames in output are separated by null characters, not by newlines.
+Archive names in output are separated by null characters, not by newlines.
 .TP
 \fB\--numeric-owner\fP
 (x mode only)