diff --git a/content/modules/flow-ui/pages/vc/components/genericFilter.adoc b/content/modules/flow-ui/pages/vc/components/genericFilter.adoc
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@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ include::example$onboarding/src/main/resources/com/company/onboarding/view/compo
 <3> The `genericFilter` component is bound to the loader through its `dataLoader` attribute.
 <4> xref:flow-ui:vc/components/dataGrid.adoc[`dataGrid`] displaying the data from the data container. The list of records will change as they are filtered.
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+The data loader can have its own *base condition*, set in the loader's `condition` element or programmatically via `DataLoader.setCondition()`. `genericFilter` does not replace it: the active configuration's condition is combined with the base condition as `base AND configuration`, including when you switch between configurations.
+
+To change the base condition, set a new `Condition` object via `DataLoader.setCondition()`. Modifying the object returned by `DataLoader.getCondition()` in place, without setting a new reference, is ignored by the filter: the change is not picked up and is overwritten the next time the filter rebuilds the loader condition (a direct `DataLoader.load()` before that rebuild reads the modified object, but the filter does not preserve it).
+====
+
 [[quick-filter-example]]
 == Quick Filter Example