diff --git a/src/inline-assembly.md b/src/inline-assembly.md
index b1d3c26ce..2e88530d3 100644
--- a/src/inline-assembly.md
+++ b/src/inline-assembly.md
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ let _: () = unsafe {
 
 r[asm.options.supported-options.nostack]
 - `nostack`: The assembly code does not push data to the stack, or write to the stack red-zone (if supported by the target).
-  If this option is *not* used then the stack pointer is guaranteed to be suitably aligned (according to the target ABI) for a function call.
+  If this option is *not* used then the stack pointer is guaranteed by the compiler to be suitably aligned (according to the target ABI) for a function call at the start of the assembly code.
 
 <!-- no_run: Test has undefined behavior at runtime -->
 ```rust,no_run