diff --git a/docs/detections/detection-engine-intro.asciidoc b/docs/detections/detection-engine-intro.asciidoc
index aef2fdf46d..fb2cae91a0 100644
--- a/docs/detections/detection-engine-intro.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/detections/detection-engine-intro.asciidoc
@@ -63,19 +63,20 @@ To make sure you can access Detections and manage rules, see
 
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 [[cold-tier-detections]]
-== Compatibility with cold tier nodes
+== Compatibility with cold and frozen tier nodes
 
-Cold tier is a {ref}/data-tiers.html[data tier] that holds time series data that is accessed only occasionally. In {stack} version >=7.11.0, {elastic-sec} supports cold tier data for the following {es} indices:
+Cold and frozen {ref}/data-tiers.html[data tiers] hold time series data that is only accessed occasionally. In {stack} version >=7.11.0, {elastic-sec} supports cold but not frozen tier data for the following {es} indices:
 
 * Index patterns specified in `securitySolution:defaultIndex`
-* Index patterns specified in the definitions of detection rules
+* Index patterns specified in the definitions of detection rules, except for indicator match rules 
 * Index patterns specified in the data sources selector on various {security-app} pages
 
-{elastic-sec} does *NOT* support cold tier data for the following {es} indices:
+{elastic-sec} does *NOT* support either cold or frozen tier data for the following {es} indices:
 
 * Index patterns controlled by {elastic-sec}, including alerts and list indices
+* Index patterns specified in the definition of indicator match rules 
 
-Using cold tier data for unsupported indices may result in detection rule timeouts and overall performance degradation.
+Using either cold or frozen tier data for unsupported indices may result in detection rule timeouts and overall performance degradation.
 
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 [[support-indicator-rules]]
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ Indicator match rules provide a powerful capability to search your security data
 
 In addition, the following support restrictions are in place:
 
-* {elastic-sec} does not support the use of frozen tier data with indicator match rules.
+* {elastic-sec} does not support the use of either cold or frozen {ref}/data-tiers.html[tier data] with indicator match rules.
 * Indicator match rules with an additional look-back time value greater than 24 hours are not supported.
 
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