diff --git a/doc/README.replication.md b/doc/README.replication.md
index ecc8c2527e..4d7ee04996 100644
--- a/doc/README.replication.md
+++ b/doc/README.replication.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Any physical copying method can be used on the primary host:
 * nbackup -l + file-level copy + nbackup -n
 * nbackup -b 0
 
-If _nbackup_ was used, restore or fixup operation should be performed to complete the replica creation. Note that if you're recreating a priorly working replica, then `-seq[uence]` option of _nbackup_ must be used to preserve the replication sequence counter inside the database, so that replication could continue from the moment when the primary database was copied:
+If _nbackup_ was used, restore or fixup operation should be performed to complete the replica creation. Note that if you're recreating a priorly working replica, then `-seq[uence]` option of _nbackup_ must be used during restore/fixup to preserve the replication sequence counter inside the database, so that replication could continue from the moment when the primary database was copied:
 
 * nbackup -f <database> -seq