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 ## After dependencies
 
-This option is used to specify optional dependencies that might be used. When `after_dependencies` is present, set up of an integration will wait for the other dependency to be set up before being set up. It will also make sure that the requirements of `after_dependencies` are installed so methods from the integration can be safely imported.  
+This option is used to specify dependencies that might be used by the integration but aren't essential. When `after_dependencies` is present, set up of an integration will wait for the `after_dependencies` to be set up before being set up. It will also make sure that the requirements of `after_dependencies` are installed so methods from the integration can be safely imported.  For example, if the `camera` integration might use the `stream` integration in certain configurations, adding `stream` to `after_dependencies` of `camera`'s manifest, will ensure that `stream` is loaded before `camera` if it is configured.  If `stream` is not configured, `camera` will still load.
 
 ## Code Owners