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@@ -39,18 +39,17 @@ The Enterprise Edition is licensed with the https://github.com/redpanda-data/red
 
 === License keys
 
-Enterprise features require an Enterprise Edition license key, sometimes referred to as enterprise license, license key, or license.
-
-Starting with version 24.3, new Redpanda clusters automatically receive a trial license that's valid for 30 days, allowing unrestricted use of enterprise features. This evaluation period begins when the cluster is created for the first time. After this period expires, inactive enterprise features are disabled, and active features enter a restricted state.
+Enterprise features require an Enterprise Edition license key, sometimes called enterprise license, license key, or license.
 
+- **Redpanda**: Starting with version 24.3, new Redpanda clusters automatically receive a trial license that's valid for 30 days, allowing unrestricted use of enterprise features. This evaluation period begins when the cluster is created for the first time. After this period expires, inactive enterprise features are disabled, and active features enter a restricted state.
++
 To get a trial license key or extend your trial period, https://redpanda.com/try-enterprise[generate a new trial license key]. Or, https://redpanda.com/upgrade[upgrade to Redpanda Enterprise^].
-
-[NOTE]
-====
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 include::get-started:partial$licensing/block-upgrades-note.adoc[]
-====
++
+IMPORTANT: To avoid startup issues with Redpanda Console when a trial or Enterprise license expires, use Redpanda Console v2.8.3 or later with clusters running Redpanda 24.3 or later.
 
-To evaluate enterprise features in Redpanda Connect, you must xref:redpanda-connect:get-started:licensing.adoc#apply-a-license-key-to-redpanda-connect[apply a trial license key]. After the 30-day evaluation period, you are blocked from using enterprise connectors unless you https://www.redpanda.com/upgrade[upgrade to an Enterprise Edition license^].
+- **Redpanda Connect**: To evaluate enterprise features in Redpanda Connect, you must xref:redpanda-connect:get-started:licensing.adoc#apply-a-license-key-to-redpanda-connect[apply a trial license key]. After the 30-day evaluation period, you are blocked from using enterprise connectors unless you https://www.redpanda.com/upgrade[upgrade to an Enterprise Edition license^].
 
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 === Redpanda enterprise features