diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-cluster/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index a1497ed4b6..a06e9273cb 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ akka {
     auto-join = on
 
     # Should the 'leader' in the cluster be allowed to automatically mark unreachable nodes as DOWN?
-    # Using auto-down implies that two separate clusters will be formed in case of network partition.
+    # Using auto-down implies that two separate clusters will automatically be formed in case of
+    # network partition.
     auto-down = on
 
     # the number of gossip daemon actors