diff --git a/api-docs/cloud-dedicated/v2/ref.yml b/api-docs/cloud-dedicated/v2/ref.yml
index 941e27a13..ddaf7fc7e 100644
--- a/api-docs/cloud-dedicated/v2/ref.yml
+++ b/api-docs/cloud-dedicated/v2/ref.yml
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ paths:
           description: |
             Unprocessable Entity.
 
-            The request contained data outside the bucket's retention window, causing InfluxDB to reject the batch and write no data.
+            The request contained data outside the database’s retention period. InfluxDB rejected the batch and wrote no data.
 
             The response body contains details about the [rejected points](/influxdb/cloud-dedicated/write-data/troubleshoot/#troubleshoot-rejected-points).
         '429':
diff --git a/api-docs/cloud-serverless/v2/ref.yml b/api-docs/cloud-serverless/v2/ref.yml
index 2cc273595..d6047bc77 100644
--- a/api-docs/cloud-serverless/v2/ref.yml
+++ b/api-docs/cloud-serverless/v2/ref.yml
@@ -7709,7 +7709,7 @@ paths:
           description: |
             Unprocessable Entity.
 
-            The request contained data outside the bucket's retention window, causing InfluxDB to reject the batch and write no data.
+            The request contained data outside the bucket's retention period. InfluxDB rejected the batch and wrote no data.
 
             The response body contains details about the [rejected points](/influxdb/cloud-serverless/write-data/troubleshoot/#troubleshoot-rejected-points).
         '429':
diff --git a/content/influxdb/cloud-dedicated/write-data/troubleshoot.md b/content/influxdb/cloud-dedicated/write-data/troubleshoot.md
index 0650edfbc..97720907d 100644
--- a/content/influxdb/cloud-dedicated/write-data/troubleshoot.md
+++ b/content/influxdb/cloud-dedicated/write-data/troubleshoot.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The `message` property of the response body may contain additional details about
 | `400 "Bad request"`           | error details about rejected points, up to 100 points: `line` contains the first rejected line, `message` describes rejections line | If request data is malformed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `401 "Unauthorized"`          |                                                                                                                                     | If the `Authorization` header is missing or malformed or if the [token](/influxdb/cloud-dedicated/admin/tokens/) doesn't have [permission](/influxdb/cloud-dedicated/reference/cli/influxctl/token/create/#examples) to write to the database. See [examples using credentials](/influxdb/cloud-dedicated/get-started/write/#write-line-protocol-to-influxdb) in write requests. |
 | `404 "Not found"`             | requested **resource type** (for example, "organization" or "database"), and **resource name**                                      | If a requested resource (for example, organization or database) wasn't found                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
-| `422 "Unprocessable Entity"`  | `message` contains details about the error                                                                                          | If the data isn't allowed (for example, falls outside of the bucket's retention period).
+| `422 "Unprocessable Entity"`  | `message` contains details about the error                                                                                          | If the data isn't allowed (for example, falls outside of the database’s retention period).
 | `500 "Internal server error"` |                                                                                                                                     | Default status for an error                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | `503 "Service unavailable"`   |                                                                                                                                     | If the server is temporarily unavailable to accept writes. The `Retry-After` header contains the number of seconds to wait before trying the write again.