diff --git a/_search-plugins/caching/tiered-cache.md b/_search-plugins/caching/tiered-cache.md
index d6ff81e067e..903980b7e9a 100644
--- a/_search-plugins/caching/tiered-cache.md
+++ b/_search-plugins/caching/tiered-cache.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ For more information about ways to enable experimental features, see [Experiment
 
 To use tiered caching, install a tiered cache plugin. As of OpenSearch 2.13, the only available cache plugin is the `cache-ehcache` plugin. This plugin provides a disk cache implementation that can be used as a disk tier within a tiered cache. For more information about installing non-bundled plugins, see [Additional plugins]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/install-and-configure/plugins/#additional-plugins).
 
-A tiered cache fails to initialize if the `cache-ehcache` plugin is not installed or disk cache properties are not set. 
+A tiered cache will fail to initialize if the `cache-ehcache` plugin is not installed or if disk cache properties are not set. 
 {: .warning}
 
 ## Tiered cache settings