diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -244,9 +244,11 @@
 .Dv stdout
 is a tty and either the
 .Fl G
-flag is specified or the
+flag is specified or one of the environment variables
 .Ev COLORTERM
-environment variable is set and not empty.
+or
+.Ev CLICOLOR
+is set and not empty.
 .Pp
 .Cm never
 will disable color regardless of environment variables.