diff --git a/content/manuals/engine/storage/volumes.md b/content/manuals/engine/storage/volumes.md
index 3f5838d67030..fb83dad96de0 100644
--- a/content/manuals/engine/storage/volumes.md
+++ b/content/manuals/engine/storage/volumes.md
@@ -403,9 +403,8 @@ $ docker volume rm nginx-vol
 
 ## Use a read-only volume
 
-For some development applications, the container needs to write into the bind
-mount so that changes are propagated back to the Docker host. At other times,
-the container only needs read access to the data. Multiple
+For some applications, the container needs to write to the volume. At other
+times, the container only needs read access to the data. Multiple
 containers can mount the same volume. You can simultaneously mount a
 single volume as `read-write` for some containers and as `read-only` for others.