diff --git a/modules/sideloader/pages/prepare-sideloader.adoc b/modules/sideloader/pages/prepare-sideloader.adoc
index 92605324..18b1009b 100644
--- a/modules/sideloader/pages/prepare-sideloader.adoc
+++ b/modules/sideloader/pages/prepare-sideloader.adoc
@@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ Review all of these to ensure that your cluster is compatible with {sstable-side
 
 * Your origin cluster must run a supported database version:
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-** {cass-reg} 3.11 or later
 ** {dse-short} 5.1 or later
 ** {hcd-short} 1.1 or later
-//Due to a potential occasional issue affecting SSTables generated by C* 3.0 / DSE 5.0. Until the fix is rolled out, we need to restrict the SSTable versions.
+** {cass-reg} 3.11 through 4.x
++
+{cass-short} 5.0 tables aren't supported unless the cluster is configured to explicitly use the {cass-short} 4.x storage format (`storage_compatibility_mode: CASSANDRA_4`).
 
 * Your origin cluster must use the default https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/stable/cassandra/configuration/cass_yaml_file.html#partitioner[partitioner], `Murmur3Partitioner`.
 +