diff --git a/website/source/docs/templates/communicator.html.md b/website/source/docs/templates/communicator.html.md
index 42a4c2e94..2bd611b04 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/templates/communicator.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/templates/communicator.html.md
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ If you end up in this situation, you can use the template option
   "pause_before_connecting": "10m"
 }
 
-In this example, Packer will wait 10 minutes before attempting to connect to
-the guest.
+In this example, Packer will check whether it can connect, as normal. But once
+a connection attempt is successful, it will disconnect and then wait 10 minutes
+before connecting to the guest and beginning provisioning.