diff --git a/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups.md b/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups.md
index dbff1025..6242218c 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/monitor-your-backups.md
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ pushover:
 With this configuration, borgmatic creates a Pushover event for your service
 whenever borgmatic fail, but only when any of the `create`, `prune`, `compact`,
 or `check` actions are run. Note that borgmatic does not contact Pushover
-when a backup starts or when it ends without error.
+when a backup starts or when it ends without error by default.
 
 You can configure Pushover to have custom parameters declared for borgmatic's
 `start`, `fail` and `finish` hooks states.