diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d8a3e801..f17c8ecf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 1.4.7
+ * #238: In documentation, clarify when Healthchecks/Cronitor hooks fire in relation to other hooks.
  * #239: Upgrade your borgmatic configuration to get new options and comments via
    "generate-borgmatic-config --source". See the documentation for more information:
    https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/upgrade/#upgrading-your-configuration
diff --git a/borgmatic/config/schema.yaml b/borgmatic/config/schema.yaml
index d97eba6d..7a8b3753 100644
--- a/borgmatic/config/schema.yaml
+++ b/borgmatic/config/schema.yaml
@@ -439,13 +439,17 @@ map:
                 desc: |
                     Healthchecks ping URL or UUID to notify when a backup begins, ends, or errors.
                     Create an account at https://healthchecks.io if you'd like to use this service.
+                    See http://localhost:8080/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#healthchecks-hook
+                    for details.
                 example:
                     https://hc-ping.com/your-uuid-here
             cronitor:
                 type: str
                 desc: |
                     Cronitor ping URL to notify when a backup begins, ends, or errors. Create an
-                    account at https://cronitor.io if you'd like to use this service.
+                    account at https://cronitor.io if you'd like to use this service. See
+                    http://localhost:8080/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups/#cronitor-hook for
+                    details.
                 example:
                     https://cronitor.link/d3x0c1
             before_everything:
diff --git a/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups.md b/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups.md
index 894d91be..18871269 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups.md
@@ -111,9 +111,15 @@ hooks:
     healthchecks: https://hc-ping.com/addffa72-da17-40ae-be9c-ff591afb942a
 ```
 
-With this hook in place, borgmatic will ping your Healthchecks project when a
-backup begins, ends, or errors. Then you can configure Healthchecks to notify
-you by a [variety of
+With this hook in place, borgmatic pings your Healthchecks project when a
+backup begins, ends, or errors. Specifically, before the <a
+href="https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups/">`before_backup`
+hooks</a> run, borgmatic lets Healthchecks know that a backup has started.
+Then, if the backup completes successfully, borgmatic notifies Healthchecks of
+the success after the `after_backup` hooks run. And if an error occurs during
+the backup, borgmatic notifies Healthchecks after the `on_error` hooks run.
+
+You can configure Healthchecks to notify you by a [variety of
 mechanisms](https://healthchecks.io/#welcome-integrations) when backups fail
 or it doesn't hear from borgmatic for a certain period of time.
 
@@ -132,11 +138,17 @@ hooks:
     cronitor: https://cronitor.link/d3x0c1
 ```
 
-With this hook in place, borgmatic will ping your Cronitor monitor when a
-backup begins, ends, or errors. Then you can configure Cronitor to notify you
-by a [variety of
-mechanisms](https://cronitor.io/docs/cron-job-notifications) when backups
-fail or it doesn't hear from borgmatic for a certain period of time.
+With this hook in place, borgmatic pings your Cronitor monitor when a backup
+begins, ends, or errors. Specifically, before the <a
+href="https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups/">`before_backup`
+hooks</a> run, borgmatic lets Cronitor know that a backup has started. Then,
+if the backup completes successfully, borgmatic notifies Cronitor of the
+success after the `after_backup` hooks run. And if an error occurs during the
+backup, borgmatic notifies Cronitor after the `on_error` hooks run.
+
+You can configure Cronitor to notify you by a [variety of
+mechanisms](https://cronitor.io/docs/cron-job-notifications) when backups fail
+or it doesn't hear from borgmatic for a certain period of time.
 
 
 ## Scripting borgmatic