diff --git a/doc/user/project/canary_deployments.md b/doc/user/project/canary_deployments.md
index 852baf1f6281ee735e81a47f2945b9b34163bfe4..afce3869cbf765b4699e72efcf123d310795a5a5 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/canary_deployments.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/canary_deployments.md
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ Canary deployments require that you properly configure Deploy Boards:
    template for canary deployments that GitLab provides.
 
 Depending on the deploy, the label should be either `stable` or `canary`.
-Usually, `stable` and blank or missing label means the same thing, and `canary`
-or any other track means canary/temporary.
-This allows GitLab to discover whether deployment is stable or canary (temporary).
+GitLab assumes the track label is `stable` if the label is blank or missing.
+Any other track label is considered `canary` (temporary).
+This allows GitLab to discover whether a deployment is stable or canary (temporary).
 
 Once all of the above are set up and the pipeline has run at least once,
 navigate to the environments page under **Pipelines > Environments**.