diff --git a/website/docs/language/providers/configuration.html.md b/website/docs/language/providers/configuration.html.md
index d5cf3f1b4..20cc28dcb 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/providers/configuration.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/language/providers/configuration.html.md
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ from their parents.
 
 <a id="provider-versions"></a>
 
-## `version` (Deprecated)
+## `version`: An Older Way to Manage Provider Versions
 
 [inpage-versions]: #provider-versions
 
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ constraint in a provider configuration is only used if `required_providers`
 does not include one for that provider.
 
 **The `version` argument in provider configurations is deprecated.**
-In Terraform 0.13 and later, always declare provider version constraints in
+In Terraform 0.13 and later, version constraints should always be declared in
 [the `required_providers` block](/docs/language/providers/requirements.html). The `version`
 argument will be removed in a future version of Terraform.
+
+-> **Note:** The `version` meta-argument made sense before Terraform 0.13, since
+Terraform could only install providers that were distributed by HashiCorp. Now
+that Terraform can install providers from multiple sources, it makes more sense
+to keep version constraints and provider source addresses together.