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@@ -135,12 +135,11 @@ the desired providers into a local directory and using the additional option
 is consulted, which prevents Terraform from making requests to the plugin
 repository or looking for plugins in other local directories.
 
-In case you only want to override specific providers and have Terraform
-download all other providers from the plugin repository, you can place those
-specific provider plugins in a `terraform.d/plugins/os_arch/` directory inside
-the working directory (e.g. `terraform.d/plugins/darwin_amd64/` on Mac OS X).
-Upon `init` Terraform will then use all providers found in this directory and
-download all missing providers from the plugin repository.
+Custom plugins can be used along with automatically installed plugins by
+placing them in `terraform.d/plugins/OS_ARCH/` inside the directory being
+initialized. Plugins found here will take precedence if they meet the required
+constraints in the configuration. The `init` command will continue to
+automatically download other plugins as needed.
 
 When plugins are automatically downloaded and installed, by default the
 contents are verified against an official HashiCorp release signature to