diff --git a/parameters/dita-command-arguments.dita b/parameters/dita-command-arguments.dita
index 5eaa5332..08038351 100644
--- a/parameters/dita-command-arguments.dita
+++ b/parameters/dita-command-arguments.dita
@@ -107,10 +107,11 @@
           </groupseq>
         </fragment>
       </syntaxdiagram>
-      <note type="tip">The <cmdname>dita install</cmdname> command uses a network connection for
-        installing and downloading content. In environments where an HTTP proxy is used to establish
-        a network connection, provide the proxy configuration via the <codeph>ANT_OPTS</codeph>
-        environment variable. For more information, see <cite>Configuring the proxy</cite>.</note>
+      <note type="tip">The <cmdname>dita install</cmdname> command uses a network connection to install plug-ins from
+        the configured registry or process remote referenced resources. In environments where an HTTP proxy is used to
+        establish a network connection, you can provide the proxy configuration via the <codeph>ANT_OPTS</codeph>
+        environment variable. For more information, see
+        <xref keyref="configuring-the-proxy"/>.</note>
       <note type="attention">Prior to DITA-OT 3.5, subcommands were specified with the double-hyphen option syntax,
         which is still supported for backwards compatibility. (For example, <cmdname>dita</cmdname>
         <parmname>--install</parmname> will still work.)</note>
diff --git a/topics/configuring-the-proxy.dita b/topics/configuring-the-proxy.dita
index 2c12af8c..a5fd99c9 100644
--- a/topics/configuring-the-proxy.dita
+++ b/topics/configuring-the-proxy.dita
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
   <titlealts>
     <navtitle>Configuring the proxy</navtitle>
   </titlealts>
-  <shortdesc>Certain commands, for example, the <cmdname>dita install</cmdname> command, use a
-    network connection for installing and downloading content. In environments where an HTTP proxy
-    is used to establish a network connection, provide the proxy configuration via the
+  <shortdesc>Certain commands, for example, the <cmdname>dita install</cmdname> command, use a network connection to
+    install plug-ins from the configured registry or process remote referenced resources. In environments where an HTTP
+    proxy is used to establish a network connection, you can provide the proxy configuration via the
       <codeph>ANT_OPTS</codeph> environment variable. </shortdesc>
   <prolog>
     <metadata>