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 Other systems may have a concept of _Automations_, _Tasks_, and other terms.
 In openHAB, rules are used to implement all of these concepts.
 
+Rules can be executed, either when fired by their triggers, or when called explicitly – from a script, another rule, a Main UI widget, etc.
+When a rule is fired by its trigger, the execution of one and the same rule does not happen in parallel.
+If a rule is triggered for execution, while the rule is currently running, it will be queued and run later.
+
+When a rule is called explicitly - e.g. from a script, another rule with [`RuleManager.runNow()`](https://www.openhab.org/javadoc/latest/org/openhab/core/automation/rulemanager), or from a Main UI widget - then this rule can be executed in parallel.
+That is it can start running, while the same rule is executed at the same time.
+In this case there is a need to program protection against race conditions.
+
 ## Parts of a Rule
 
 These rules take the high level form of _When \_\_t\_\_ happens, if \_\_c\_\_ then do \_\_a\_\__,
diff --git a/configuration/rules-dsl.md b/configuration/rules-dsl.md
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 ### Concurrency Guard
 
-If a rule triggers on UI events it may be necessary to guard against concurrency.
+If a rule is explicitly run from another script, rule, a Main UI widget, etc., instead of a trigger, the rule can be started before the current execution has ended.
+It may be necessary to guard against concurrency.
 
 ```javascript
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock