diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/intro_inventory.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/intro_inventory.rst
index cf3b103f91..9fad0398c4 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/intro_inventory.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/intro_inventory.rst
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ Default groups
 ++++++++++++++
 
 There are two default groups: ``all`` and ``ungrouped``. ``all`` contains every host.
-``ungrouped`` contains all hosts declared without an explicit section, even if they belong to
-another group.
+``ungrouped`` contains all hosts that don't have another group aside from ``all``.
 
 .. _splitting_out_vars: