diff --git a/src/content/docs/start.mdx b/src/content/docs/start.mdx
index 531048c2..03718170 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/start.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/start.mdx
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Your own CSS is unlayered, which means:
 Your `site/` CSS is required to be imported in this order:
 
 - `theme.starter.css` overrides the default mCSS theme.
-- `global.*.css` for site-wide additions to the framework's globals.
+- `global.*.css` for site-wide patterns that are not components: your own opt-in classes and additions to the mCSS globals.
 - `component.*.css` for your own components (most of your CSS should end up here)
 - `page.*.css` for the rare page-specific styles
 - `patch.*.css` for patching CSS you don't control, i.e. plugins