diff --git a/docs/reference/ccr/apis/follow/put-follow.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ccr/apis/follow/put-follow.asciidoc
index 26a9a362aea..5a7f86e70a6 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ccr/apis/follow/put-follow.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ccr/apis/follow/put-follow.asciidoc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ referenced leader index. When this API returns, the follower index exists, and
 `wait_for_active_shards`::
   (Optional, integer) Specifies the number of shards to wait on being active before
   responding. This defaults to waiting on none of the shards to be active. A
-  shard must be restored from the leader index being active. Restoring a
+  shard must be restored from the leader index before being active. Restoring a
   follower shard requires transferring all the remote Lucene segment files to
   the follower index.