diff --git a/doc/man1/lisa.1 b/doc/man1/lisa.1
index 5caab04bfbf815d4254fe727b68b9f9d09b7c15d..85bdb8b54db285b6f5d4b2ae4354396c052ed399 100644
--- a/doc/man1/lisa.1
+++ b/doc/man1/lisa.1
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ _
 T{
 LISA_HOST_ABI
 T}	T{
-Add some shell utilities to the PATH, with lower priority than
-system\(aqs one in case the user needs a different version of them
+Add some shell utilities to the PATH based on the host ABI. Priority
+is determined by LISA_USE_SYSTEM_BIN
 T}	T{
 x86_64
 T}
diff --git a/shell/lisa_shell b/shell/lisa_shell
index e92b33a52619bb54873143bbacdfb331f085a089..425f6fa4af07da21be6bf9745a36fada6b01e3d0 100755
--- a/shell/lisa_shell
+++ b/shell/lisa_shell
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ export LISA_PRESERVE_SHELL=${LISA_PRESERVE_SHELL:-0}
 # Setup colors
 source "$LISA_HOME/shell/lisa_colors"
 
-export _DOC_LISA_HOST_ABI="Add some shell utilities to the PATH, with lower
-priority than system's one in case the user needs a different version of them"
+export _DOC_LISA_HOST_ABI="Add some shell utilities to the PATH based on the host ABI. Priority is determined by LISA_USE_SYSTEM_BIN"
 export LISA_HOST_ABI=${LISA_HOST_ABI:-x86_64}
 
 export _DOC_LISA_USE_SYSTEM_BIN="Use the system binaries if 1, will use the ones shipped with LISA if 0"