diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/175_synchronize.yml b/changelogs/fragments/175_synchronize.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d1a161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/175_synchronize.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+trivial:
+- synchronize - fix typo in ``delete`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/175).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/synchronize.py b/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
index dafaf78..2fcb7a4 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - Delete files in C(dest) that don't exist (after transfer, not before) in the C(src) path.
       - This option requires C(recursive=yes).
-      - This option ignores excluded files and behaves like the rsync opt --delete-excluded.
+      - This option ignores excluded files and behaves like the rsync opt --delete-after.
     type: bool
     default: no
   dirs: