diff --git a/lib/elixir/pages/getting-started/try-catch-and-rescue.md b/lib/elixir/pages/getting-started/try-catch-and-rescue.md
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--- a/lib/elixir/pages/getting-started/try-catch-and-rescue.md
+++ b/lib/elixir/pages/getting-started/try-catch-and-rescue.md
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ cleaning up!
 ** (RuntimeError) oops
 ```
 
-Elixir will automatically wrap the function body in a `try` whenever one of `after`, `rescue` or `catch` is specified.
+Elixir will automatically wrap the function body in a `try` whenever one of `after`, `rescue` or `catch` is specified. The `after` block handles side effects and does not change the return value from the clauses above it.
 
 ## Else