diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/fuzzy-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/fuzzy-query.asciidoc
index b8af3aee066..72bb151f636 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/fuzzy-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/fuzzy-query.asciidoc
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ Or with more advanced settings:
     Defaults to `50`.
 
 
-WARNING: this query can be very heavy if `prefix_length` and `max_expansions`
-are both set to `0`. This could cause every term in the index to be examined!
-
+WARNING: This query can be very heavy if `prefix_length` is set to `0` and if
+`max_expansions` is set to a high number. It could result in every term in the
+index being examined!
 
 [float]
 ==== Numeric and date fields