diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels.md
index 811d9fb3f7..d2a879c0a2 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If the prefix is omitted, the label Key is presumed to be private to the user. A
 The `kubernetes.io/` and `k8s.io/` prefixes are reserved for Kubernetes core components.
 
 Valid label value:
-* must be 63 characters or less (cannot be empty),
+* must be 63 characters or less (can be empty),
 * must begin and end with an alphanumeric character (`[a-z0-9A-Z]`),
 * could contain dashes (`-`), underscores (`_`), dots (`.`), and alphanumerics between.
 
@@ -237,4 +237,3 @@ selector:
 
 One use case for selecting over labels is to constrain the set of nodes onto which a pod can schedule.
 See the documentation on [node selection](/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/) for more information.
-