diff --git a/docs/contribute/_snippets/tag-processing.md b/docs/contribute/_snippets/tag-processing.md
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@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@
 
 Specifically for versioned products, badges will display differently when the `applies_to` key specifies a product version that has not been released to our customers yet.
 
-* `Planned` (if the lifecycle is preview, beta, or ga)
-  
-  Example: {applies_to}`stack: ga 99.99`
-* `Deprecation planned` (if the lifecycle is deprecated)
-  
-  Example: {applies_to}`stack: deprecated 99.99`
-* `Removal planned` (if the lifecycle is removed) 
+The following table shows how badges for versioned products are displayed based on the release status for each lifecycle value. Hover over the example badges for the tooltip text.
 
-  Example: {applies_to}`stack: removed 99.99`
+| Lifecycle   | Release status | Badge text examples                   |
+|-------------|----------------|---------------------------------------|
+| preview     | prerelease     | {applies_to}`stack: preview 99.99`    |
+|             | post-release   | {applies_to}`stack: preview 9.1`      |
+| beta        | prerelease     | {applies_to}`stack: beta 99.99`       |
+|             | post-release   | {applies_to}`stack: beta 9.1`         |
+| ga          | prerelease     | {applies_to}`stack: ga 99.99`         |
+|             | post-release   | {applies_to}`stack: ga 9.1`           |
+| deprecated  | prerelease     | {applies_to}`stack: deprecated 99.99` |
+|             | post-release   | {applies_to}`stack: deprecated 9.1`   |
+| removed     | prerelease     | {applies_to}`stack: removed 99.99`    |
+|             | post-release   | {applies_to}`stack: removed 9.1`      |
+
+This is computed at build time (there is a docs build every 30 minutes). The documentation team tracks and maintains released versions for these products centrally in [`versions.yml`](https://github.com/elastic/docs-builder/blob/main/config/versions.yml).
 
-This is computed at build time (there is a docs build every 30 minutes). The documentation team tracks and maintains released versions for these products centrally in [`versions.yml`](https://github.com/elastic/docs-builder/blob/main/config/versions.yml). 
 When multiple lifecycle statuses and versions are specified in the sources, several badges are shown.
 
 :::{note}