--- a/xml/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.xml	Fri Mar 16 07:00:48 2012 +0000
+++ b/xml/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.xml	Mon Mar 19 20:40:38 2012 +0000
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@
 <tag-name><var>$request_time</var></tag-name>
 <tag-desc>
 request processing time in seconds with a milliseconds resolution;
-time elapsed since first bytes were read from the client till
-last bytes were sent to client and logging happened
+time elapsed between the first bytes were read from the client and
+the log write after the last bytes were sent to the client
 </tag-desc>
 
 <tag-name><var>$status</var></tag-name>