diff --git a/docs/detections/add-exceptions.asciidoc b/docs/detections/add-exceptions.asciidoc
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--- a/docs/detections/add-exceptions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/detections/add-exceptions.asciidoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ You can add exceptions to a rule from the rule details page, the Alerts table, t
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 * To ensure an exception is successfully applied, ensure that the fields you've defined for its query are correctly and consistently mapped in their respective indices. Refer to {ecs-ref}[ECS] to learn more about supported mappings.
 
-* Be careful when adding exceptions to <<create-eql-rule,event correlation>> rules. Exceptions are evaluated against every event in the sequence, and when the exception matches _all_ event(s) in the sequence, alerts _are not_ generated. If the exception only matches _some_ of the events in the sequence, alerts _are_ generated.
+* Be careful when adding exceptions to <<create-eql-rule,event correlation>> rules. Exceptions are evaluated against every event in the sequence, and if an exception matches any events that are necessary to complete the sequence, alerts are not created.
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 To exclude values from a
 specific event in the sequence, update the rule's EQL statement. For example: