diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
index 3c0784150..f8cc0300a 100644
--- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
+++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ option selects the precise libvirt source.
 I<-i disk> is used for reading from local disk images (mainly for
 testing).
 
-I<-i ova> is used for reading from libvirt ova source file.
+I<-i ova> is used for reading from a VMware ova source file.
 
 I<-i libvirtxml> is used to read from libvirt XML files.  This is the
 method used by L<virt-p2v(1)> behind the scenes.
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ disk can be imported this way.
 
 Set the input method to I<ova>.
 
-In this mode you can read a vmware ova file (tar format).
-virt-v2v tries to read the ova manifest file and check the ova files
-for validity (checksum) as well as analyzing the ovf file.
+In this mode you can read a VMware ova file.  Virt-v2v will read the
+ova manifest file and check the vmdk volumes for validity (checksums)
+as well as analyzing the ovf file, and then convert the guest.
 
 =item B<-i libvirt>