From 0c9ba53789321f1f882e96a5c83f0a50602863c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mintlify[bot]" <109931778+mintlify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:06:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: link exclude groups from auth setup and clarify beta
 note

---
 deploy/authentication-setup.mdx | 2 ++
 deploy/exclude-groups.mdx       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deploy/authentication-setup.mdx b/deploy/authentication-setup.mdx
index 153b5f917..d15b834e0 100644
--- a/deploy/authentication-setup.mdx
+++ b/deploy/authentication-setup.mdx
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ groups: ["pro", "enterprise"]
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
+To block specific groups from a page, including public pages, see [Include and exclude groups](/deploy/exclude-groups). This feature is in closed beta.
+
 ## User data format
 
 When using OAuth or JWT authentication or standalone personalization, your system returns user data that controls session length, group membership, and [content personalization](/create/personalization).
diff --git a/deploy/exclude-groups.mdx b/deploy/exclude-groups.mdx
index f100e1c5a..a1e1c3201 100644
--- a/deploy/exclude-groups.mdx
+++ b/deploy/exclude-groups.mdx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hidden: true
 <Note>
   Include and exclude group rules are in closed beta. Contact your Mintlify account team to enable them for your deployment.
   
-  During the beta period, deployments fail if any page uses the rule form of `groups`.
+  If include and exclude rules are not enabled for your deployment, deployments fail when any page uses the rule form of `groups`.
 </Note>
 
 When you use OAuth or JWT [authentication](/deploy/authentication-setup), the `groups` frontmatter property controls which users can access a page. In addition to a list of group names, `groups` accepts a list of rules with `includes` and `excludes`. Use `excludes` to block specific groups from a page, including pages that are otherwise public.