diff --git a/docs/maintenance.md b/docs/maintenance.md
index ec1ba2fe90f921593de8bc91a55f016a0c4a1837..2f645278c1737b7f3ddab9fd126e3fb557294f8c 100644
--- a/docs/maintenance.md
+++ b/docs/maintenance.md
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ from your VPS. See `velero --help` for other commands, and [Velero's
 documentation](https://velero.io/docs/v1.4/) for more information.
 
 Note: in case you want to make an (additional) backup of application data via
-alternate means, all persistent data of the cluster are stored in directories
+alternate means, all persistent volume data of the cluster are stored in directories
 under `/var/lib/OpenAppStack/local-storage`.
 
 ## Restore