diff --git a/docs/advanced-entity-analytics/asset-criticality.asciidoc b/docs/advanced-entity-analytics/asset-criticality.asciidoc
index e500a3da50..40f52656e7 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-entity-analytics/asset-criticality.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/advanced-entity-analytics/asset-criticality.asciidoc
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ For example, you can assign **Extreme impact** to business-critical entities, or
 
 Entities do not have a default asset criticality level. You can either assign asset criticality to your entities individually, or <<bulk-assign-asset-criticality, bulk assign>> it to multiple entities by importing a text file.
 
+When you assign, change, or unassign an individual entity's asset criticality level, that entity's risk score is immediately recalculated.
+
+NOTE: If you assign asset criticality using the file import feature, risk scores are **not** immediately recalculated. The newly assigned or updated asset criticality levels will impact entity risk scores during the next hourly risk scoring calculation.
+
 You can view, assign, change, or unassign asset criticality from the following places in the {elastic-sec} app:
 
 * The <<host-details-page, host details page>> and <<user-details-page, user details page>>:
@@ -110,7 +114,5 @@ To view the impact of asset criticality on an entity's risk score, follow these
 . Click **View risk contributions** to open the flyout's left panel.
 . In the **Risk contributions** section, verify the entity's criticality level from the time the alert was generated.
 
-NOTE: The risk summary and **Risk contributions** sections display an entity's asset criticality from the latest risk scoring execution. If you change the asset criticality level, subsequent risk calculations will automatically factor in the newest criticality level.
-
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 image::images/asset-criticality-impact.png[View asset criticality impact on host risk score]