diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/system/lease-count-quotas.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/system/lease-count-quotas.mdx
index 237e12f9b7..f12eebbab3 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/system/lease-count-quotas.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/system/lease-count-quotas.mdx
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ that can either be a namespace or mount.
   `userpass` in `namespace1`. Updating this field on an existing quota can have
   "moving" effects. For example, updating `auth/userpass` to
   `namespace1/auth/userpass` moves this quota from being a global mount quota to a
-  namespace specific mount quota.
+  namespace specific mount quota. Quotas on a non-root namespace are not inherited by child
+  namespaces.
 - `max_leases` `(int: 0)` - Maximum number of leases allowed by the quota rule.
 
 ### Sample Payload
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas.mdx
index 5d7b4fc2ad..f845e85ece 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas.mdx
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ either be a namespace or mount.
   `userpass` in `namespace1`. Updating this field on an existing quota can have
   "moving" effects. For example, updating `auth/userpass` to
   `namespace1/auth/userpass` moves this quota from being a global mount quota to a
-  namespace specific mount quota. **Note, namespaces are supported in Enterprise only**.
+  namespace specific mount quota. Quotas on a non-root namespace are not inherited by child
+  namespaces. **Note, namespaces are supported in Enterprise only**.
 - `rate` `(float: 0.0)` - The maximum number of requests in a given interval to
   be allowed by the quota rule. The `rate` must be positive.
 - `interval` `(string: "")` - The duration to enforce rate limiting for (default `"1s"`).
diff --git a/website/content/docs/enterprise/lease-count-quotas.mdx b/website/content/docs/enterprise/lease-count-quotas.mdx
index 2192de3ccc..be55000b05 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/enterprise/lease-count-quotas.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/enterprise/lease-count-quotas.mdx
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ the lease counters will be shared, regardless of which node in the Vault cluster
 receives lease generation requests. Lease quotas can be imposed across Vault's API,
 or scoped down to API pertaining to specific namespaces or specific mounts.
 
-Lease count quotas defined in a namespace will be inherited by all the child
-namespaces. By extension, this means that a quota that is defined in the `root`
-namespace is inherited by all namespaces and mounts, essentially to the entire
-Vault API.
+A quota that is defined in the `root` namespace is inherited by all namespaces
+and mounts, essentially to the entire Vault API.
 
 Lease count quotas defined on a namespace will take precedence over the inherited
 quotas. Lease count quotas defined for a mount will take precedence over inherited