diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/administration/databases.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/administration/databases.adoc
index 9cebf581c..3df9319c2 100644
--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/administration/databases.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/administration/databases.adoc
@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ Composite databases are always available on all servers.
 [NOTE]
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 If `TOPOLOGY` is not specified, the database is created according to `initial.dbms.default_primaries_count` and `initial.dbms.default_secondaries_count` specified in _neo4j.conf_.
-After cluster startup, these values can be overwritten using the `dbms.setDefaultAllocationNumbers` procedure.
+
+Keep in mind that any setting with the `initial` prefix only applies on **first startup** and after this, these values can be overwritten using the `dbms.setDefaultAllocationNumbers` procedure.
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 [role=enterprise-edition not-on-aura]