--- a/src/rpki-client.8.in
+++ b/src/rpki-client.8.in
@@ -205,7 +205,10 @@ By default load entries from
 Terminate after
 .Ar timeout
 seconds of runtime, because normal practice will restart from
-.Xr cron 8 .
+the
+.Xr systemd.timer 5
+unit
+.Pa rpki.timer .
 Disable by specifying 0.
 Defaults to 1 hour.
 Individual RSYNC/RRDP repositories are timed out after one fourth of
@@ -252,11 +255,10 @@ outputs validated payloads in
 and in canonical cache representation format.
 .Pp
 .Nm
-should be run hourly by
-.Xr cron 8 :
-use
-.Xr crontab 1
-to uncomment the entry in root's crontab.
+by default is run every 15 minutes by the
+.Xr systemd.timer 5
+unit
+.Pa rpki.timer .
 .Sh TRUST ANCHOR CONSTRAINTS
 .Nm
 can impose locally configured
