diff --git a/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc b/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc
index 8a35db17f..c058f803c 100644
--- a/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc
+++ b/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc
@@ -6044,7 +6044,7 @@ For example, the following could be used:
 
 However, optionally the [code]#buffer::set_final_data()# can be set to a
 [code]#std::weak_ptr# to enable copying data back, to another host memory
-address that is going to be valid after buffer construction.
+address that will be valid when the buffer is destroyed.
 
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