diff --git a/docs/integrations/matrix.md b/docs/integrations/matrix.md
index b6a8e2aa..61637248 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/matrix.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/matrix.md
@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ homeserver at all rather than of a setting:
   `/run/hive-matrix-oidc/<client id>.secret` wherever the homeserver runs,
   and `swarm-bao-matrix-oidc` writes the secret there from the swarm secret
   store under matrix-ctl's leaf. The path is on the host's tmpfs, so every
-  reboot fetches the secret again and it never reaches persistent disk. A path
+  reboot fetches the secret again and it never reaches persistent disk. After
+  a reboot the homeserver doesn't start until the store answers; the
+  store-retry timer then starts it with no manual step. A path
   outside `/run/hive-matrix-oidc/`, or a null, fails at eval, not at boot:
   tuwunel reads its identity providers from the config file, so a half-configured
   one can stop the homeserver from starting outright rather than merely