diff --git a/include/hardware/sensors.h b/include/hardware/sensors.h
index dde997fd..d058d3b6 100644
--- a/include/hardware/sensors.h
+++ b/include/hardware/sensors.h
@@ -578,10 +578,11 @@ typedef struct sensors_poll_device_1 {
              * sensor_handle is the handle of the sensor to change.
              * enabled set to 1 to enable, or 0 to disable the sensor.
              *
-             * After sensor de-activation, existing sensor events that have not
-             * been picked up by poll() should be abandoned immediately so that
-             * subsequent activation will not get stale sensor events (events
-             * that is generated prior to the latter activation).
+             * Before sensor activation, existing sensor events that have not
+             * been picked up by poll() should be abandoned so that application
+             * upon new activation request will not get stale events.
+             * (events that are generated during latter activation or during
+             * data injection mode after sensor deactivation)
              *
              * Return 0 on success, negative errno code otherwise.
              */