diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
index ea661d0d7ef019..4cf12065359636 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ By exposing `versioning` to config, you can override the default versioning for
 We do not recommend overriding the default versioning, but there are some cases such as Docker or Gradle where versioning is not strictly defined and you may need to specify the versioning type per-package.
 
 Renovate supports 4-part versions (1.2.3.4) in full for the NuGet package manager.
-Other managers can use the `"loose"` versioning fallback: the first 3 parts are used as the version, any leading parts are sorted alphanumerically.
+Other managers can use the `"loose"` versioning fallback: the first 3 parts are used as the version, all trailing parts are used for alphanumeric sorting.
 
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