diff --git a/changelog.d/13451.doc b/changelog.d/13451.doc
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+Correct misleading wording in worker documentation for `synapse.app.frontend_proxy`.
diff --git a/docs/workers.md b/docs/workers.md
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@@ -589,15 +589,15 @@ regular expressions:
 
     ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload
 
-If `use_presence` is False in the homeserver config, it can also handle REST
-endpoints matching the following regular expressions:
+If `use_presence` is set to `false` in the homeserver config, the frontend proxy can also handle REST
+endpoints matching the following regular expression:
 
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/presence/[^/]+/status
 
 This "stub" presence handler will pass through `GET` request but make the
 `PUT` effectively a no-op.
 
-It will proxy any requests it cannot handle to the main synapse instance. It
+It will proxy uncached requests to the main synapse instance. It
 must therefore be configured with the location of the main instance, via
 the `worker_main_http_uri` setting in the `frontend_proxy` worker configuration
 file. For example: