diff --git a/docs/platforms/javascript/common/configuration/filtering.mdx b/docs/platforms/javascript/common/configuration/filtering.mdx
index 6a8c81933fbb1a..cbb6a1e76eba26 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/javascript/common/configuration/filtering.mdx
+++ b/docs/platforms/javascript/common/configuration/filtering.mdx
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ See <PlatformLink to="/configuration/options/#beforeSend">beforeSend</PlatformLi
 
 ### Using `allowUrls` and `denyUrls`
 
-You can construct an allowed list of domains for errors. Only errors created within these domains will be captured. For example, if your scripts are loaded from `cdn.example.com` and your site is `example.com`, you can set `allowUrls` to:
+You can configure the SDK to avoid sending errors that originate in scripts from certain domains.
+For example, if your scripts are loaded from `cdn.example.com` and your site is `example.com`, you can can configure `allowUrls` as follows to avoid capturing errors from other domains:
 
 ```javascript
 Sentry.init({
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ Sentry.init({
 });
 ```
 
+Note that this filters errors based on their stack frames, not the URL of the page where the error occurred.
+
 You can also use `denyUrls` if you want to block errors created on specific URLs from being sent to Sentry.
 
 - See <PlatformLink to="/configuration/options/#allowUrls">allowUrls</PlatformLink> details