diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/Tests.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/Tests.yaml
index 07be59d..6da9f3c 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/Tests.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/Tests.yaml
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         target: test
       env:
-        ENBAS_TEST_VERBOSE: "1"
         ENBAS_TEST_COVER: "1"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4bf9ea0..fbebdd0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ the `main` branch mirrored to the following forges:
 - **[Getting started guide](docs/getting_started.md)**: A guide to help you get started on using Enbas.
 - **[Configuration reference](docs/configuration.md)**: The configuration reference documentation.
 - **[User manual](docs/manual.md)**: The user manual.
+- **[Tips and Tricks](docs/tips_and_tricks.md)**: Additional tips and tricks.
 
 ### Licensing
 
diff --git a/docs/manual.md b/docs/manual.md
index 116ddb7..4562f77 100644
--- a/docs/manual.md
+++ b/docs/manual.md
@@ -269,16 +269,21 @@ enbas show --type blocked
 
 ### Mute an account
 
-```
-enbas mute --type account --account-name @name@example.social --mute-notifications --mute-duration="1h"
-```
+- Mute an account indefinitely.
+   ```
+   enbas mute --type account --account-name @name@example.social --mute-notifications"
+   ```
+- Mute an account for 1 and a half hours.
+   ```
+   enbas mute --type account --account-name @name@example.social --mute-notifications --mute-duration="1 hour and 30 minutes"
+   ```
 
 | flag | type | required | description | default |
 |------|------|----------|-------------|---------|
 | `type` | string | true | The resource you want to mute.<br>Here this should be `account`. | |
 | `account-name` | string | true | The name of the account to mute. | |
 | `mute-notifications` | boolean | false | Set to `true` to mute notifications as well as statuses. | false |
-| `mute-duration` | string | false | Specify how long the account should be muted for.<br>Set to `0s` to mute indefinitely | 0s (indefinitely). |
+| `mute-duration` | [time duration value](tips_and_tricks.md#the-time-duration-value) | false | Specify how long the account should be muted for.<br>Set to `0 seconds` to mute indefinitely | 0 seconds (indefinitely). |
 
 ### Unmute an account
 
@@ -476,7 +481,7 @@ Creates a new status.
        --content "The age-old question: which text editor do you prefer?" \
        --add-poll \
        --poll-allows-multiple-choices=false \
-       --poll-expires-in 168h \
+       --poll-expires-in "7 days" \
        --poll-option "emacs" \
        --poll-option "vim/neovim" \
        --poll-option "nano" \
@@ -528,7 +533,7 @@ Additional flags for polls.
 | `poll-allows-multiple-choices` | boolean | false | Set to `true` to allow users to make multiple choices. | false |
 | `poll-hides-vote-counts` | boolean | false | Set to `true` to hide the vote count until the poll is closed. | false |
 | `poll-option` | string | true | An option in the poll. Use this flag multiple times to set multiple options. | |
-| `poll-expires-in` | string | false | The duration in which the poll is open for. | |
+| `poll-expires-in` | [time duration value](tips_and_tricks.md#the-time-duration-value) | false | The duration in which the poll is open for. | |
 
 ### Delete a status
 
diff --git a/docs/tips_and_tricks.md b/docs/tips_and_tricks.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afc430a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/tips_and_tricks.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Tips and Tricks
+
+## The time duration value
+
+The time duration value is a custom [flag value](https://pkg.go.dev/flag#Value) that converts a string input into a duration of time.
+A typical string input would be in the form of something like `"3 days, 12 hours and 39 minutes"`.
+The value can convert units in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
+
+To ensure that your string input is converted correctly there are simple rules to follow.
+
+- The input must be wrapped in quotes.
+- Use `day` or `days` to convert the number of days.
+- Use `hour` or `hours` to convert the number of hours.
+- Use `minute` or `minutes` to convert the number of minutes.
+- Use `second` or `seconds` to convert the number of seconds.
+- There must be at least one space between the number and the unit of time.<br>
+  E.g. `"7 days"` is valid, but `"7days"` is invalid.
+
+### Example valid string inputs
+
+- `"3 days"`
+- `"6 hours, 45 minutes and 1 second"`
+- `"1 day, 15 hours 31 minutes and 12 seconds"`
+- `"(7 days) (1 hour) (21 minutes) (35 seconds)"`
diff --git a/internal/flag/boolptrvalue_test.go b/internal/flag/boolptrvalue_test.go
index d136f55..30bef18 100644
--- a/internal/flag/boolptrvalue_test.go
+++ b/internal/flag/boolptrvalue_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package flag_test
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -10,52 +11,86 @@ import (
 func TestBoolPtrValue(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		input string
-		want  bool
+		want  string
 	}{
 		{
 			input: "True",
-			want:  true,
+			want:  "true",
+		},
+		{
+			input: "true",
+			want:  "true",
+		},
+		{
+			input: "1",
+			want:  "true",
+		},
+		{
+			input: "False",
+			want:  "false",
 		},
 		{
 			input: "false",
-			want:  false,
+			want:  "false",
+		},
+		{
+			input: "0",
+			want:  "false",
 		},
 	}
 
-	value := internalFlag.NewBoolPtrValue()
-
 	for _, test := range slices.All(tests) {
-		if err := value.Set(test.input); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf(
-				"Unable to parse %s as a BoolPtrValue: %v",
-				test.input,
-				err,
-			)
+		args := []string{"--boolean-value=" + test.input}
+
+		t.Run("Flag parsing test: "+test.input, testBoolPtrValueParsing(args, test.want))
+	}
+}
+
+func testBoolPtrValueParsing(args []string, want string) func(t *testing.T) {
+	return func(t *testing.T) {
+		flagset := flag.NewFlagSet("test", flag.ExitOnError)
+		boolVal := internalFlag.NewBoolPtrValue()
+
+		flagset.Var(&boolVal, "boolean-value", "Boolean value")
+
+		if err := flagset.Parse(args); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Received an error parsing the flag: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		got := *value.Value
+		got := boolVal.String()
 
-		if got != test.want {
+		if got != want {
 			t.Errorf(
-				"Unexpected bool parsed from %s: want %t, got %t",
-				test.input,
-				test.want,
+				"Unexpected boolean value found after parsing BoolPtrValue: want %s, got %s",
+				want,
 				got,
 			)
 		} else {
 			t.Logf(
-				"Expected bool parsed from %s: got %t",
-				test.input,
+				"Expected boolean value found after parsing BoolPtrValue: got %s",
 				got,
 			)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func TestNilBoolPtrValue(t *testing.T) {
-	value := internalFlag.NewBoolPtrValue()
+func TestNotSetBoolPtrValue(t *testing.T) {
+	flagset := flag.NewFlagSet("test", flag.ExitOnError)
+	boolVal := internalFlag.NewBoolPtrValue()
+
+	var otherVal string
+
+	flagset.Var(&boolVal, "boolean-value", "Boolean value")
+	flagset.StringVar(&otherVal, "other-value", "", "Another value")
+
+	args := []string{"--other-value", "other-value"}
+
+	if err := flagset.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Received an error parsing the flag: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	want := "NOT SET"
-	got := value.String()
+	got := boolVal.String()
 
 	if got != want {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected string returned from the nil value; want %s, got %s", want, got)
diff --git a/internal/flag/timedurationvalue.go b/internal/flag/timedurationvalue.go
index cdf02ac..6524372 100644
--- a/internal/flag/timedurationvalue.go
+++ b/internal/flag/timedurationvalue.go
@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@ package flag
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
+const timeDurationRegexPattern string = `[0-9]{1,4}\s+(days?|hours?|minutes?|seconds?)`
+
 type TimeDurationValue struct {
 	Duration time.Duration
 }
 
 func NewTimeDurationValue() TimeDurationValue {
 	return TimeDurationValue{
-		Duration: 0 * time.Second,
+		Duration: time.Duration(0),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -19,13 +24,56 @@ func (v TimeDurationValue) String() string {
 	return v.Duration.String()
 }
 
-func (v *TimeDurationValue) Set(text string) error {
-	duration, err := time.ParseDuration(text)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse the value as time duration: %w", err)
+func (v *TimeDurationValue) Set(value string) error {
+	pattern := regexp.MustCompile(timeDurationRegexPattern)
+	matches := pattern.FindAllString(value, -1)
+
+	days, hours, minutes, seconds := 0, 0, 0, 0
+
+	var err error
+
+	for ind := range len(matches) {
+		switch {
+		case strings.Contains(matches[ind], "day"):
+			days, err = parseInt(matches[ind])
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse the number of days from %s: %w", matches[ind], err)
+			}
+		case strings.Contains(matches[ind], "hour"):
+			hours, err = parseInt(matches[ind])
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse the number of hours from %s: %w", matches[ind], err)
+			}
+		case strings.Contains(matches[ind], "minute"):
+			minutes, err = parseInt(matches[ind])
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse the number of minutes from %s: %w", matches[ind], err)
+			}
+		case strings.Contains(matches[ind], "second"):
+			seconds, err = parseInt(matches[ind])
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse the number of seconds from %s: %w", matches[ind], err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
-	v.Duration = duration
+	durationValue := (days * 86400) + (hours * 3600) + (minutes * 60) + seconds
+
+	v.Duration = time.Duration(durationValue) * time.Second
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func parseInt(text string) (int, error) {
+	split := strings.SplitN(text, " ", 2)
+	if len(split) != 2 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of split for %s: want 2, got %d", text, len(split))
+	}
+
+	output, err := strconv.Atoi(split[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unable to convert %s to an integer: %w", text, err)
+	}
+
+	return output, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/flag/timedurationvalue_test.go b/internal/flag/timedurationvalue_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95103b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/flag/timedurationvalue_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package flag_test
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+
+	internalFlag "codeflow.dananglin.me.uk/apollo/enbas/internal/flag"
+)
+
+func TestTimeDurationValue(t *testing.T) {
+	parsingTests := []struct {
+		input string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			input: `"1 day"`,
+			want:  "24h0m0s",
+		},
+		{
+			input: `"3 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes and 6 seconds"`,
+			want:  "77h39m6s",
+		},
+		{
+			input: `"1 minute and 30 seconds"`,
+			want:  "1m30s",
+		},
+		{
+			input: `"(7 seconds) (21 hours) (41 days)"`,
+			want:  "1005h0m7s",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range slices.All(parsingTests) {
+		args := []string{"--duration", test.input}
+
+		t.Run("Flag parsing test: "+test.input, testTimeDurationValueParsing(args, test.want))
+	}
+}
+
+func testTimeDurationValueParsing(args []string, want string) func(t *testing.T) {
+	return func(t *testing.T) {
+		flagset := flag.NewFlagSet("test", flag.ExitOnError)
+		duration := internalFlag.NewTimeDurationValue()
+
+		flagset.Var(&duration, "duration", "Duration value")
+
+		if err := flagset.Parse(args); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Received an error parsing the flag: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		got := duration.String()
+
+		if got != want {
+			t.Errorf(
+				"Unexpected duration parsed from the flag: want %s, got %s",
+				want,
+				got,
+			)
+		} else {
+			t.Logf(
+				"Expected duration parsed from the flag: got %s",
+				got,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+}