diff --git a/cloud/scaling-a-service.md b/cloud/scaling-a-service.md
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@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ Disk size autoscaling is enabled by default on most services. When you consume
 the next size available, up to a configurable limit.
 
 Autoscaling can change the disk size once every six hours. When the increase is
-requested, the used space is optimized before the new limit is applied. As your
-disk size increases, this optimization process can take longer, and the six
-hours does not start running until the new size is applied, after the
-optimization is complete.
+requested, the new limit is applied, and then the used space is optimized. The
+optimization process does not require downtime, and in most cases it happens
+very quickly. However, if you have a lot of existing data, optimization can take
+longer, and in some cases this could create a delay longer than six hours.
+
 
 Autoscaling can only increase disk size, not decrease it. You can have a disk up
 to 10 TB in size.