diff --git a/doc/api/sis_csv.md b/doc/api/sis_csv.md
index a1fd2c53ed3..3fc7c42289a 100644
--- a/doc/api/sis_csv.md
+++ b/doc/api/sis_csv.md
@@ -265,8 +265,9 @@ user's name, but you can customize it here.</td>
 <td>text</td>
 <td></td>
 <td></td>
-<td>The email address of the user. This might be the same as login_id, but should
-still be provided.</td>
+<td>The email address of the user. This might be the same as login_id but would
+be used to set email for user and will tie the email to the login. It is
+recommended to omit this field over using fake email addresses for testing.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>pronouns</td>