diff --git a/website/source/guides/acl.html.markdown b/website/source/guides/acl.html.markdown
index 0efa10295..e7a017617 100644
--- a/website/source/guides/acl.html.markdown
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@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ layout: "guides"
 page_title: "ACLs"
 sidebar_current: "guides-acl"
 description: |-
-  Don't panic! This is a critical first step. Depending on your deployment
-  configuration, it may take only a single server failure for cluster
-  unavailability. Recovery requires an operator to intervene, but recovery is
-  straightforward.
+  Nomad provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used to control
+  access to data and APIs. The ACL is Capability-based, relying on tokens which are
+  associated with policies to determine which fine grained rules can be applied.
 ---
 
 # ACL System