diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster/nodes-stats.asciidoc b/docs/reference/cluster/nodes-stats.asciidoc
index 06b66148b641f..da7b443565daf 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster/nodes-stats.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster/nodes-stats.asciidoc
@@ -2117,8 +2117,8 @@ state update since the node started.
 
 `success`::
 (object)
-Contains statistics about cluster state update attempts that did not change the
-cluster state.
+Contains statistics about cluster state update attempts that successfully
+changed the cluster state.
 +
 .Properties of `success`
 [%collapsible]