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upgrade guide warning about downgrading (#6836) 

* upgrade guide warning about downgrading

* Changed the wording
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@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ These are general upgrade instructions for Vault for both non-HA and HA setups.
_Please ensure that you also read any version-specific upgrade notes which can be
found in the sidebar._
**Always** back up your data before upgrading! Vault does not make
backwards-compatibility guarantees for its data store. If you need to roll back
to a previous version of Vault, you should roll back your data store as well.
!> **IMPORTANT NOTE:** Always back up your data before upgrading! Vault does not
make backward-compatibility guarantees for its data store. Simply replacing the
newly-installed Vault binary with the previous version will not cleanly
downgrade Vault, as upgrades may perform changes to the underlying data
structure that make the data incompatible with a downgrade. If you need to roll
back to a previous version of Vault, you should roll back your data store as
well.
## Testing the Upgrade