diff --git a/man/man5/zpool-features.5 b/man/man5/zpool-features.5
index a23f3aed46..72a6c57b12 100644
--- a/man/man5/zpool-features.5
+++ b/man/man5/zpool-features.5
@@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES	extensible_dataset
 The \fBlarge_block\fR feature allows the record size on a dataset to be
 set larger than 128KB.
 
-This feature becomes \fBactive\fR once a \fBrecordsize\fR property has been
-set larger than 128KB, and will return to being \fBenabled\fR once all
+This feature becomes \fBactive\fR once a dataset contains a file with
+a block size larger than 128KB, and will return to being \fBenabled\fR once all
 filesystems that have ever had their recordsize larger than 128KB are destroyed.
 .RE