diff --git a/docs/concepts/overview/object-management-kubectl/declarative-config.md b/docs/concepts/overview/object-management-kubectl/declarative-config.md
index 96ffde8fba..0a7628487a 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/overview/object-management-kubectl/declarative-config.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/overview/object-management-kubectl/declarative-config.md
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ configuration files have been removed from the directory. Apply with `--prune`
 queries the API server for all objects matching a set of labels, and attempts
 to match the returned live object configurations against the object
 configuration files. If an object matches the query, and it does not have a
-configuration file in the directory, and it does not have a `last-applied-configuration` annotation,
+configuration file in the directory, and it has a `last-applied-configuration` annotation,
 it is deleted.
 
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