diff --git a/website/docs/language/files/override.mdx b/website/docs/language/files/override.mdx
index 487a760fa..f1388df3a 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/files/override.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/language/files/override.mdx
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ constraint entirely replaces the constraints for the same component in the
 original block. If both the base block and the override block both set
 `required_version` then the constraints in the base block are entirely ignored.
 
-If a `cloud` block is set within the original configuration's `terraform` block and a `backend` block
-is set in the override file, then the backend specified by the `backend` block is used by Terraform upon merging.
-Similarly, if a `backend` block is set within the original configuration's `terraform` block
-and a `cloud` block is set in the override file, then the backend specified by the `backend` block is used by Terraform upon merging.
+The presence of a block defining a backend (either `cloud` or `backend`) in an override
+file always takes precedence over a block defining a backend in the original configuration.
+That is, if a `cloud` block is set within the original configuration and a `backend` block is
+set in the override file, Terraform will use the `backend` block specified in the override file as the
+configuration's backend upon merging. Similarly, if a `backend` block is set within the original
+configuration and a `cloud` block is set in the override file, Terraform will use the `cloud`
+block specified in the override file as the configuration's backend upon merging.
diff --git a/website/docs/language/settings/terraform-cloud.mdx b/website/docs/language/settings/terraform-cloud.mdx
index 902903c1d..e69013b71 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/settings/terraform-cloud.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/language/settings/terraform-cloud.mdx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ terraform {
 
 You cannot use the CLI integration and a [state backend](/language/settings/backends) in the same configuration; they are mutually exclusive.
 A configuration can only provide one `cloud` block and the `cloud` block cannot refer to named values like input variables, locals, or data source attributes.
-Note, however, that a `cloud` block can be overridden by a state backend in an [override file](/language/files/override).
+However, if a state `backend` block is defined in an [override file](/language/files/override),
+that `backend` block will override an existing `cloud` block in the configuration upon merging.
 
 Refer to [Using Terraform Cloud](/cli/cloud) in the Terraform CLI docs for more information.