diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index a6a68e3..07b896e 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ The following options can be overridden on a per-instance basis:
         Valid in `msgWarnReason`, replaced at runtime with the appropriate `msgReason*` template
 
     `{time}`;;
-        Valid in `msgWarnReason`, replaced at runtime with the appropriate `msgTime*` template
+        Valid in `msgWarnReason` and `msgReason*`, replaced at runtime with the appropriate `msgTime*` template
 
     `{modnamesupdate}`;;
         Valid in `msgReason*Mod`, replaced at runtime with a comma-delimited list of updated mod names
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index d5488e1..2d4775c 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ printWarnMessage(){
         reason="maintenance"
       fi
     fi
+    reason="${reason//\{time\}/${msgtime}}"
     reason="${reason//\{modnamesupdated\}/${modnamesupdated}}"
     msg="${msg//\{reason\}/${reason}}"
     printf "%s\n" "$msg"