diff --git a/docs/user-guide/sync-waves.md b/docs/user-guide/sync-waves.md
index 8c0893f772..19479deb03 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/sync-waves.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/sync-waves.md
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ spec:
   backoffLimit: 2
 ```
 
-### Initialize or migrate a database before main application tries to start
-The following example runs a db migration command before the main sync operation (also in wave -1):
+### Initialize or migrate a database
+The following example runs a db initialization/migration command before the main sync operation (also in wave -1):
 ```yaml
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job