diff --git a/doc/policy/mempool-replacements.md b/doc/policy/mempool-replacements.md
index 3e844f8d7b5..18f08daf886 100644
--- a/doc/policy/mempool-replacements.md
+++ b/doc/policy/mempool-replacements.md
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ other consensus and policy rules, each of the following conditions are met:
    significant portions of the node's mempool using replacements with multiple directly conflicting
    transactions, each with large descendant sets.
 
+6. The replacement transaction's feerate is greater than the feerates of all directly conflicting
+   transactions.
+
+   *Rationale*: This rule was originally intended to ensure that the replacement transaction is
+   preferable for block-inclusion, compared to what would be removed from the mempool. This rule
+   predates ancestor feerate-based transaction selection.
+
 This set of rules is similar but distinct from BIP125.
 
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