diff --git a/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/garbage-collection.md b/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/garbage-collection.md
index 98c78d184c..8957411b19 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/garbage-collection.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/garbage-collection.md
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ the background.
 
 ### Setting the cascading deletion policy
 
-To control the cascading deletion policy, set the `deleteOptions.propagationPolicy`
-field on your owner object. Possible values include "Orphan",
+To control the cascading deletion policy, set the `propagationPolicy`
+field on the `deleteOptions` argument when deleting an Object. Possible values include "Orphan",
 "Foreground", or "Background".
 
 Prior to Kubernetes 1.9, the default garbage collection policy for many controller resources was `orphan`.