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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ config SHIELD_MY_BOARD
 
 This will make sure that a new configuration value named `SHIELD_MY_BOARD` is set to true whenever `my_board` is used as the shield name, either as the `SHIELD` variable [in a local build](build-flash.md) or in your `build.yaml` file [when using Github Actions](../customization). Note that this configuration value will be used in `Kconfig.defconfig` to set other properties about your shield, so make sure that they match. 
 
-**For split boards**, you will need to add configurations for the left and right sides, and check for the sibling you're building. For example, if your board's `id` is `my_board` and your `siblings` are named `my_board_left` and `my_board_right`, it would look like this:
+**For split boards**, you will need to add configurations for the left and right sides. For example, if your split halves are named `my_board_left` and `my_board_right`, it would look like this:
 
 ```
 config SHIELD_MY_BOARD_LEFT