diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes.md
index ed5aa24044..1630708182 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes.md
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ to 1 second. Minimum value is 1.
 * `successThreshold`: Minimum consecutive successes for the probe to be
 considered successful after having failed. Defaults to 1. Must be 1 for
 liveness. Minimum value is 1.
-* `failureThreshold`: When a Pod starts and the probe fails, Kubernetes will
+* `failureThreshold`: When a probe fails, Kubernetes will
 try `failureThreshold` times before giving up. Giving up in case of liveness probe means restarting the container. In case of readiness probe the Pod will be marked Unready.
 Defaults to 3. Minimum value is 1.