diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45cfd192..3b1c2116 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 )
 ```
 
-**Note:** The middleware placement is sensitive. If the middleware before `silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware` returns from `process_request` then `SilkyMiddleware` will never get the chance to execute. Therefore you must ensure that any middleware placed before never returns anything from `process_request`. See the [django docs](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/middleware/#process-request) for more information on this.
+**Note:** The order of middleware is sensitive. If any middleware placed before `silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware` returns a response without invoking its `get_response`, the `SilkyMiddleware` won’t run. To avoid this, ensure that middleware preceding `SilkyMiddleware` does not bypass or return a response without calling its `get_response`. For further details, check out the [Django documentation](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/middleware/#middleware-order-and-layering).
 
 **Note:** If you are using `django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware`, place that **before** `silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware`, otherwise you will get an encoding error.
 
diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.rst b/docs/troubleshooting.rst
index 97ff2bdf..cf31bda9 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.rst
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.rst
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ See this `github issue <https://github.com/jazzband/django-silk/issues/21>`_ for
 Middleware
 ----------
 
-The middleware is placement sensitive. If the middleware before ``silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware`` returns from ``process_request`` then ``SilkyMiddleware`` will never get the chance to execute. Therefore you must ensure that any middleware placed before never returns anything from ``process_request``. See the `django docs <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/middleware/#process-request>`_ for more information on this.
-
-This `GitHub issue <https://github.com/jazzband/django-silk/issues/12>`_ also has information on dealing with middleware problems.
+The order of middleware is sensitive. If any middleware placed before ``silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware`` returns a response without invoking its ``get_response``, the ``SilkyMiddleware`` won’t run. To avoid this, ensure that middleware preceding ``SilkyMiddleware`` does not bypass or return a response without calling its ``get_response``. For further details, check out the `Django documentation <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/middleware/#middleware-order-and-layering>`.
 
 Garbage Collection
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