diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@ include:
 
 where `<VERSION>` is the latest released tag or `main`.
 
-If you want to leverage the `$SAST_DISABLED` variable to run the jobs conditionally use `include:rules` with `when: never`. Otherwise all SAST jobs will always run when applicable:
+If you are converting the configuration to use components and want to leverage the existing variable `$SAST_DISABLED` you could conditionally include the component using the variable:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
   - component: gitlab.com/gitlab-components/sast@main
     rules:
       - if: $SAST_DISABLED == "true" || $SAST_DISABLED == "1"
+      when: never
 ```
 
+Otherwise all SAST jobs will always run when applicable.
+
 This assumes `SAST_DISABLED` variable is already defined in `.gitlab-ci.yml` with either `'true'` or `'1'` as the value:
 
 ```yaml