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@@ -132,4 +132,4 @@ Some more thorough examples:
 
 ## Default values for container resource limits
 
-If cpu and memory limits are not specified for a container, the downward API will default to node's cpu and memory capacities.
+If cpu and memory limits are not specified for a container, the downward API will default to the node allocatable value for cpu and memory.