diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale.md
index c79059d335..1da20c5219 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale.md
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ For instance if there are 80 replicas and the target has to be scaled down to 10
 then during the first step 8 replicas will be reduced. In the next iteration when the number
 of replicas is 72, 10% of the pods is 7.2 but the number is rounded up to 8. On each loop of
 the autoscaler controller the number of pods to be change is re-calculated based on the number
-of current replicas. When the number of replicas falls below 40 the first policy_(Pods)_ is applied
+of current replicas. When the number of replicas falls below 40 the first policy _(Pods)_ is applied
 and 4 replicas will be reduced at a time.
 
 `periodSeconds` indicates the length of time in the past for which the policy must hold true.
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ allows at most 10% of the current replicas to be scaled down in one minute.
 
 The policy selection can be changed by specifying the `selectPolicy` field for a scaling
 direction. By setting the value to `Min` which would select the policy which allows the
-smallest change in the replica count. Setting the value to `Disabled` completely disabled
+smallest change in the replica count. Setting the value to `Disabled` completely disables
 scaling in that direction.
 
 ### Stabilization Window
@@ -405,8 +405,9 @@ behavior:
       periodSeconds: 60
 ```
 
-To allow a final drop of 5 pods, another policy can be added with a selection
-strategy of maximum:
+To ensure that no more than 5 Pods are removed per minute, you can add a second scale-down
+policy with a fixed size of 5, and set `selectPolicy` to minimum. Setting `selectPolicy` to `Min` means
+that the autoscaler chooses the policy that affects the smallest number of Pods:
 
 ```yaml
 behavior:
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ behavior:
     - type: Pods
       value: 5
       periodSeconds: 60
-    selectPolicy: Max
+    selectPolicy: Min
 ```
 
 ### Example: disable scale down
@@ -441,4 +442,3 @@ behavior:
 * kubectl autoscale command: [kubectl autoscale](/docs/reference/generated/kubectl/kubectl-commands/#autoscale).
 * Usage example of [Horizontal Pod Autoscaler](/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough/).
 
-