Clarification of failureThreshold of probes

kubernetes · Oct 20, 2017 · dc2fce8 · dc2fce8
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diff --git a/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-probes.md b/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-probes.md
@@ -260,8 +260,9 @@ to 1 second. Minimum value is 1.
 * `successThreshold`: Minimum consecutive successes for the probe to be
 considered successful after having failed. Defaults to 1. Must be 1 for
 liveness. Minimum value is 1.
-* `failureThreshold`: Minimum consecutive failures for the probe to be
-considered failed after having succeeded. Defaults to 3. Minimum value is 1.
+* `failureThreshold`: When a Pod starts and the probe fails, Kubernetes will
+try `failureThreshold` times before giving up and restarting the Pod.
+Defaults to 3. Minimum value is 1.
 
 [HTTP probes](/docs/api-reference/{{page.version}}/#httpgetaction-v1-core)
 have additional fields that can be set on `httpGet`: