diff --git a/content/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners.md b/content/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners.md
index 5a09dfbff53a..146dee968204 100644
--- a/content/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners.md
+++ b/content/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners.md
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ docs/*  docs@example.com
 apps/ @octocat
 
 # In this example, @doctocat owns any file in the `/docs`
-# directory in the root of your repository.
+# directory in the root of your repository and any of its
+# subdirectories.
 /docs/ @doctocat
 ```