diff --git a/docs/user-guide/compute-resources.md b/docs/user-guide/compute-resources.md
index 31ae7d9e98..dd1828d803 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/compute-resources.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/compute-resources.md
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ Each container of a pod can optionally specify one or more of the following:
 
 Specifying resource requests and/or limits is optional. In some clusters, unset limits or requests
 may be replaced with default values when a pod is created or updated. The default value depends on
-how the cluster is configured. If the `requests` values are not specified, they are set to be equal
-to limits by default. Please note that resource limits must be greater than or equal to resource
-requests.
+how the cluster is configured. If the requests values are not specified, they are set to be equal
+to limits by default. Please note that limits must always be greater than or equal to requests.
 
 Although requests/limits can only be specified on individual containers, it is convenient to talk
 about pod resource requests/limits.  A *pod resource request/limit* for a particular resource