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 Or, if you provided the `--preview` CLI flag.
 
 To see which rules are currently in preview, visit the [rules reference](rules.md).
+
+## Legacy behavior
+
+Before the preview mode was introduced, new rules were added in a "nursery" category that required selection of
+rules with their exact code.
+
+The nursery category has been deprecated and all rules in the nursery are now considered to be in preview. For backwards
+compatibility, nursery rules are selectable with their exact codes without enabling preview mode but a warning will
+be displayed.