diff --git a/docs/manual.md b/docs/manual.md
index 116ddb7..15f3f00 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` | string | 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" \
diff --git a/internal/flag/timedurationvalue.go b/internal/flag/timedurationvalue.go
index cdf02ac..010a8d2 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 integer 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 integer 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 integer 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 integer 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..81fca3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/flag/timedurationvalue_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package flag_test
+
+import (
+	"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",
+		},
+	}
+
+	value := internalFlag.NewTimeDurationValue()
+
+	for _, test := range slices.All(parsingTests) {
+		if err := value.Set(test.input); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf(
+				"Unable to parse %s into a TimeDurationValue: %v",
+				test.input,
+				err,
+			)
+		}
+
+		got := value.String()
+
+		if got != test.want {
+			t.Errorf(
+				"Unexpected duration parsed from %s: want %s, got %s",
+				test.input,
+				test.want,
+				got,
+			)
+		} else {
+			t.Logf(
+				"Expected duration parsed from %s: got %s",
+				test.input,
+				got,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+}