diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/_partials/sync-api/sync-function-api-access.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/_partials/sync-api/sync-function-api-access.adoc
index d444bfb3f..14001c9cb 100644
--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/_partials/sync-api/sync-function-api-access.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/_partials/sync-api/sync-function-api-access.adoc
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ You can invoke this function multiple times from within your Sync Function.
 TIP: Prefix the `username` argument value with `role:` to apply this function to a role rather than a user.
 This grants access to the specified channel(s) for all users assigned that role.
 
-The effects of all access calls by all active documents are effectively combined in a union, so if _any_ document grants a user access to a channel, that user has access to the channel.
+The effects of all access calls by all active documents are effectively combined in a union, so if any document grants a user access to a channel, that user has access to the channel.
+
+The `access()` function grants access to users or roles that do not yet exist.
+When you create new users or define roles later, the previous granted access permissions apply to them.
 
 NOTE: The sync function `access()` call does not support the wildcard ('***') for granting access to all channels.
 To grant a user access to all channels, use the REST API channel grant endpoint.