diff --git a/docs/src/docbkx/reference/bootstrap.xml b/docs/src/docbkx/reference/bootstrap.xml
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--- a/docs/src/docbkx/reference/bootstrap.xml
+++ b/docs/src/docbkx/reference/bootstrap.xml
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@
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- If the region does not exist, an initialization exception will be thrown. See the section below
- on how to configure GemFire regions.
+ If the region does not exist, an initialization exception will be thrown. For configuring new GemFire regions
+ proceed to the sections below for replicated, partitioned, client or advanced region configuration.
Note that in the previous examples, since no cache name was defined, the default SGF naming convention (gemfire-cache)
was used. If that is not an option, one can point to the cache bean through the cache-ref attribute: