diff --git a/doc/user/permissions.md b/doc/user/permissions.md
index 914a80bcd6a..a520279c29e 100644
--- a/doc/user/permissions.md
+++ b/doc/user/permissions.md
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ The following table depicts the various user permission levels in a project.
 | Create confidential issue             | ✓ [^1]  | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | View confidential issues              | (✓) [^2] | ✓         | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Leave comments                        | ✓ [^1]  | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
-| Lock discussions (issues and merge requests) |  |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
+| Lock issue discussions                |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
+| Lock merge request discussions        |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | See a list of jobs                    | ✓ [^3]  | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | See a job log                         | ✓ [^3]  | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Download and browse job artifacts     | ✓ [^3]  | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |