diff --git a/docs/guides/guide-vmcluster-multiple-retention-setup.md b/docs/guides/guide-vmcluster-multiple-retention-setup.md
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--- a/docs/guides/guide-vmcluster-multiple-retention-setup.md
+++ b/docs/guides/guide-vmcluster-multiple-retention-setup.md
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ The diagram below shows a proposed solution
 1. Groups of vminserts A know about only vmstorages A and this is explicitly specified via `-storageNode` [configuration](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#cluster-setup). 
 1. Groups of vminserts B know about only vmstorages B and this is explicitly specified via `-storageNode` [configuration](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#cluster-setup). 
 1. Groups of vminserts C know about only vmstorages A and this is explicitly specified via `-storageNode` [configuration](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#cluster-setup). 
-1. Vmselect reads data from all vmstorage nodes via `-storageNode` [configuration](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#cluster-setup). 
-1. Vmagent routes incoming metrics to the given set of `vminsert` nodes using relabeling rules specified at `-remoteWrite.urlRelabelConfig` [configuration](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html#relabeling).
+1. vmselect reads data from all vmstorage nodes via `-storageNode` [configuration](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#cluster-setup) 
+   with [deduplication](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#deduplication) setting equal to vmagent's scrape interval or minimum interval between collected samples. 
+1. vmagent routes incoming metrics to the given set of `vminsert` nodes using relabeling rules specified at `-remoteWrite.urlRelabelConfig` [configuration](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html#relabeling).
 
 **Multi-Tenant Setup**