diff --git a/tracing-core/src/metadata.rs b/tracing-core/src/metadata.rs
index 5e475c1294..7d8448b641 100644
--- a/tracing-core/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/tracing-core/src/metadata.rs
@@ -222,10 +222,9 @@ pub struct Level(LevelInner);
 
 /// A filter comparable to a verbosity [`Level`].
 ///
-/// If a [`Level`] is considered less than a `LevelFilter`, it should be
-/// considered enabled; if greater than or equal to the `LevelFilter`,
-/// that level is disabled. See [`LevelFilter::current`] for more
-/// details.
+/// If a [`Level`] is considered less than or equal to a `LevelFilter`, it
+/// should be considered enabled; if greater than the `LevelFilter`, that level
+/// is disabled. See [`LevelFilter::current`] for more details.
 ///
 /// Note that this is essentially identical to the `Level` type, but with the
 /// addition of an [`OFF`] level that completely disables all trace