diff --git a/website/content/docs/enterprise/replication.mdx b/website/content/docs/enterprise/replication.mdx
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@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ details.
 Also note that enabling replication will modify the secondary seal.
 If the secondary uses an auto seal, its recovery configuration and keys
 will be replaced; if it uses shamir, its seal configuration and unseal
-keys will be replaced.
+keys will be replaced.  Here seal/recovery configuration means the number of
+seal/recovery key fragments and the required threshold of those
+fragments.
 
 | Primary seal | Secondary seal | Impact on secondary of enabling replication |
 | ------------ | -------------- | ------------------------------------------- |