diff --git a/chapters/synchronization.adoc b/chapters/synchronization.adoc
index da6a09556..b4cdc98ed 100644
--- a/chapters/synchronization.adoc
+++ b/chapters/synchronization.adoc
@@ -4283,8 +4283,8 @@ Unlike
 ifdef::VK_VERSION_1_2,VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore[]
 timeline semaphores,
 endif::VK_VERSION_1_2,VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore[]
-fences or events, the act of waiting for a binary semaphore also unsignals
-that semaphore.
+fences or events, waiting for a binary semaphore also unsignals
+that semaphore when the wait completes.
 Applications must: ensure that between two such wait operations, the
 semaphore is signaled again, with execution dependencies used to ensure
 these occur in order.