diff --git a/guides/source/maintenance_policy.md b/guides/source/maintenance_policy.md
index bd732deefd..3262e242ff 100644
--- a/guides/source/maintenance_policy.md
+++ b/guides/source/maintenance_policy.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Maintenance Policy for Ruby on Rails
 
 Support of the Rails framework is divided into four groups: New features, bug
 fixes, security issues, and severe security issues. They are handled as
-follows, all versions in `X.Y.Z` format.
+follows, all versions, except for security releases, in `X.Y.Z`, format.
 
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