diff --git a/apps/docs/pages/guides/database/column-encryption.mdx b/apps/docs/pages/guides/database/column-encryption.mdx
index 77fa49cedef..ce739de7857 100644
--- a/apps/docs/pages/guides/database/column-encryption.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs/pages/guides/database/column-encryption.mdx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ When creating a new column in the Dashboard, you can choose to encrypt a `text`
 
 ![Encrypting columns](/docs/img/guides/database/vault-encrypting-columns.png)
 
-Once you've setup an encrypted column, just insert data into the table like you would any other table. If you put in an email address for example, you will see that what is stored is not an email at all, but an encrypted value.
+Once you've created an encrypted column, you can insert data into the table like you would any other table. For example if you were to insert an email address into an encrypted column, you will see that the address is transparently converted into an encrypted value on the new row.
 
 ![Encrypted data](/docs/img/guides/database/vault-encrypted-data.png)