diff --git a/doc/user/permissions.md b/doc/user/permissions.md
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--- a/doc/user/permissions.md
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@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ The following table depicts the various user permission levels in a project.
 | Download project                      | [^1]    | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Assign issues                         |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Assign merge requests                 |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
-| Label issues and merge requests       |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
+| Label issues                          |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
+| Label merge requests                  |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Create code snippets                  |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Manage issue tracker                  |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Manage labels                         |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |