diff --git a/docs/_includes/components/pagination.html b/docs/_includes/components/pagination.html
index 88cce2c9f..8a47c8355 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/components/pagination.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/components/pagination.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   </ul>
 </nav>
 {% endhighlight %}
-  <p>You can optionally swap out active or disabled anchors for <code>&lt;span&gt;</code>, or omit the anchor in the case of the previous/next arrows, to remove click functionality while retaining intended styles.</p>
+  <p>We recommend that you swap out active or disabled anchors for <code>&lt;span&gt;</code>, or omit the anchor in the case of the previous/next arrows, to remove click functionality while retaining intended styles.</p>
 {% highlight html %}
 <nav aria-label="...">
   <ul class="pagination">