diff --git a/docs/user-guide/deployments.md b/docs/user-guide/deployments.md
index e7f1442ebb..bb9a0e1264 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/deployments.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/deployments.md
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ to 1.
 `.spec.selector` is an optional field that specifies [label selectors](/docs/user-guide/labels/#label-selectors) for Pods
 targeted by this deployment. 
 
-If specified, the `.spec.template.metadata.labels` must be equal to the `.spec.selector`, or it will
-be rejected by the API.  If `.spec.selector` is unspecified, it will be defaulted to
+If specified, `.spec.selector` must match `.spec.template.metadata.labels`, or it will
+be rejected by the API.  If `.spec.selector` is unspecified, `.spec.selector.matchLabels` will be defaulted to
 `.spec.template.metadata.labels`.
 
 Deployment kills some of these Pods, if their