diff --git a/man/man7/zpool-features.7 b/man/man7/zpool-features.7
index 1f606a6f84..2a3e70a085 100644
--- a/man/man7/zpool-features.7
+++ b/man/man7/zpool-features.7
@@ -503,8 +503,9 @@ can be created at the point in the tree on which the limits are set.
 .Pp
 This feature is
 .Sy active
-once either of the limit properties has been set on a dataset.
-Once activated the feature is never deactivated.
+once either of the limit properties has been set on a dataset
+and will never return to being
+.Sy enabled .
 .
 .feature com.delphix hole_birth no enabled_txg
 This feature has/had bugs, the result of which is that, if you do a