diff --git a/components/security/authorization.rst b/components/security/authorization.rst
index 7290f3bf503..ff591d414c1 100644
--- a/components/security/authorization.rst
+++ b/components/security/authorization.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ recognizes several strategies:
     grant access if there are more voters granting access than there are denying;
 
 ``unanimous``
-    only grant access if none of the voters has denied access;
+    only grant access if none of the voters has denied access. If all voters abstained from voting, the decision is based on the ``allow_if_all_abstain`` config option (which defaults to ``false``);
 
 Usage of the available options in detail::