diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 4de202d7f76316cec2dbcd61c64b2c885ff026c5..741d6b2b37a87a0d84bb4cdae8248380ddebecf2 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ val sc = new SparkContext(conf)
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 Note that we can have more than 1 thread in local mode, and in cases like Spark Streaming, we may
-actually require one to prevent any sort of starvation issues.
+actually require more than 1 thread to prevent any sort of starvation issues.
 
 Properties that specify some time duration should be configured with a unit of time.
 The following format is accepted: