diff --git a/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md b/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
index 691e2f262..f8189f913 100644
--- a/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
+++ b/docs/reference/operator_parameters.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Those are top-level keys, containing both leaf keys and groups.
   The default is `true`.
 
 * **enable_lazy_spilo_upgrade**
-  Instruct operator to update only the statefulsets with the new image without immediately doing the rolling update. The assumption is pods will be re-started later with the new image, for example due to the node rotation.
+  Instruct operator to update only the statefulsets with new images (Spilo and InitContainers) without immediately doing the rolling update. The assumption is pods will be re-started later with new images, for example due to the node rotation.
   The default is `false`.
 
 * **etcd_host**
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index 59fa8910a..1585618a6 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) compareContainers(description string, setA, setB []v1.Containe
 			func(a, b v1.Container) bool { return !reflect.DeepEqual(a.EnvFrom, b.EnvFrom) }),
 	}
 
-	if !c.OpConfig.EnableLazySpiloUpgrade || description == "initContainers" {
+	if !c.OpConfig.EnableLazySpiloUpgrade {
 		checks = append(checks, newCheck("new statefulset %s's %s (index %d) image doesn't match the current one",
 			func(a, b v1.Container) bool { return a.Image != b.Image }))
 	}