diff --git a/src/content/docs/api-shield/get-started.mdx b/src/content/docs/api-shield/get-started.mdx
index aebb682bcaa09a..0a4c4c7395c1c7 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/api-shield/get-started.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/api-shield/get-started.mdx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Enabling API Shield features will have no impact on your traffic until you choos
 
 <Render file="session-identifiers" />
 
+<Render file="required-session-identifiers" />
+
 ### To set up session identifiers
 
 <Render file="set-up-session-identifiers" />
diff --git a/src/content/docs/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/session-identifiers.mdx b/src/content/docs/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/session-identifiers.mdx
index 46581ad63c2172..75ff27c197d23d 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/session-identifiers.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/session-identifiers.mdx
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import { Render } from "~/components"
 
 <Render file="session-identifiers" />
 
+:::note
+<Render file="required-session-identifiers" />
+:::
+
 ## To set up session identifiers
 
 <Render file="set-up-session-identifiers" />
diff --git a/src/content/partials/api-shield/required-session-identifiers.mdx b/src/content/partials/api-shield/required-session-identifiers.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..eb9c4c322a7377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/partials/api-shield/required-session-identifiers.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+{}
+
+---
+
+Session identifiers are necessary to configure [Sequence Mitigation](/api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/) or [rate limiting recommendations](/api-shield/security/volumetric-abuse-detection/), and to see results in [Sequence Analytics](/api-shield/security/sequence-analytics/) and [Authentication Posture](/api-shield/security/authentication-posture/).