diff --git a/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml b/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
index 3d1ba0c6d..aa187b1fb 100644
--- a/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
+++ b/docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
@@ -1656,10 +1656,10 @@ SSH(ACCEPT)    net:$MYIP      $FW
 
     <caution>
       <para>If you use address variables that refer to an optional interface,
-      the <command>enable</command> command will not change the rules that use
-      the variable. Therefore, to be completely safe, if you use such address
-      variables then you must follow an <command>enable</command> command with
-      a <command>reload</command> command.</para>
+      the <command>enable</command> command will not change/insert the rules
+      that use the variable. Therefore, to be completely safe, if you use such
+      address variables then you must follow an <command>enable</command>
+      command with a <command>reload</command> command.</para>
     </caution>
 
     <para>Given that shell variables are expanded at compile time, there is no