diff --git a/pages/Configuring/Variables.md b/pages/Configuring/Variables.md
index 0092c2b..c1b7a00 100644
--- a/pages/Configuring/Variables.md
+++ b/pages/Configuring/Variables.md
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Described [here](../Keywords#per-device-input-configs).
 
 | name | description | type | default |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| auto_group | whether new windows will be automatically grouped into the focused unlocked group | bool | true |
+| auto_group | whether new windows will be automatically grouped into the focused unlocked group. Note: if you want to disable auto_group only for specific windows, use [the "group barred" window rule](../Window-Rules/#group-window-rule-options) instead. | bool | true |
 | insert_after_current | whether new windows in a group spawn after current or at group tail | bool | true |
 | focus_removed_window | whether Hyprland should focus on the window that has just been moved out of the group | bool | true |
 | drag_into_group | whether dragging a window into a unlocked group will merge them. Options: 0 (disabled), 1 (enabled), 2 (only when dragging into the groupbar) | int | 1 |
diff --git a/pages/Configuring/Window-Rules.md b/pages/Configuring/Window-Rules.md
index 88f726d..9be7a59 100644
--- a/pages/Configuring/Window-Rules.md
+++ b/pages/Configuring/Window-Rules.md
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ values.
 - `new` - Shorthand of `barred set`.
 - `lock` \[`always`\] - Lock the group that added this window. Use with `set` or
   `new` (i.e. `new lock`) to create a new locked group.
-- `barred` - Do not add the window to the focused group. By default, a window
-  with a `group set` rule will be added to an active group if possible.
+- `barred` - Do not automatically group the window into the focused unlocked group.
 - `deny` - Do not allow window to be toggled as or added to group (see
   `denywindowfromgroup` dispatcher).
 - `invade` - Force open window in the locked group.