diff --git a/website/content/docs/concepts/auditing.mdx b/website/content/docs/concepts/auditing.mdx
index 1deafe8f5e..9f193edc6a 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/concepts/auditing.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/concepts/auditing.mdx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ user, target, host, worker, and credentials used to access the target. The inten
 relevant to the recorded session so that the BSR provides a complete snapshot of a session even in the absence of the Boundary
 control plane.
 - `session-recording.meta` is a plaintext file that contains metadata about the session, including the session id, protocol,
-and connection id.
+and a connection ids. For each connection id listed, there should be a corresponding connection directory in the session directory.
 - `session-recording-summary.json` is a JSON file that contains a summary of the session recording, including the session id, connection count,
 start time, end time, and any errors encountered during recording of the session.
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ connection: cr_3bB78W53Y9.connection
 - `SHA256SUM.sig`  is a plaintext file that contains rows of file names paired with a checksum for file contents.
 - `SHA256SUM.sig` is a signature of the plaintext `SHA256SUM` file created with the private key.
 - `connection-recording.meta` is a plaintext file that contains metadata about the connection, including the connection id,
-requests seen, channels opened under the connection, and any errors seen.
+requests seen, channel ids, and any errors seen. For each channel id listed, there should be a corresponding channel directory in the connection directory.
 - `connection-recording-summary.json` is a JSON file that contains a summary of the connection, including the connection id,
 start time, end time, bytes up, bytes down, and any errors encountered during recording the connection.
 - `requests-inbound.data` is a binary file containing all inbound SSH request messages transmitted for the connection.
diff --git a/website/content/docs/operations/session-recordings/validate-session-recordings.mdx b/website/content/docs/operations/session-recordings/validate-session-recordings.mdx
index 14801d1b0e..7c5b5522e3 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/operations/session-recordings/validate-session-recordings.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/operations/session-recordings/validate-session-recordings.mdx
@@ -57,4 +57,7 @@ Follow these steps to validate a session recording:
 2. Unwrap `wrappedPrivKey` using the external KMS you configured to retrieve the private key.
 3. Use the BSR key or the private key to verify the `bsrKey.pub` key using `go-kms-wrapping` HmacSha256(...).
 4. When the key is verified, use the `bsrKey.pub` key to verify the BSR SHA256SUM.sig file using `go-kms-wrapping` ed25519.Sign(...).
-5. After verifying the SHA256SUM.sig file, use the `sha256` commandline tool to verify BSR checksums using `sha256sum -c SHA256SUM`
+5. After verifying the SHA256SUM.sig file, use the `sha256` commandline tool to verify BSR checksums using `sha256sum -c SHA256SUM`.
+6. Examine the *-meta.json files in the directory. For session-meta.json, every connection logged in the meta file should
+correspond to a connection folder in the directory. For a connection-meta.json, every channel logged in the meta file should
+correspond to a channel folder in the directory..