From f6f3ac7a7f4f28c35e541d8f7925a6d8cdeb60b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bojana-z <146905988+bojana-z@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 14:18:09 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Update segments.md

Added sentence for segment value encoding
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 docs/5.x/segments.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/5.x/segments.md b/docs/5.x/segments.md
index 722bed868..014803508 100644
--- a/docs/5.x/segments.md
+++ b/docs/5.x/segments.md
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Segments are typically encoded three times:
 
 This means the value needs to be triple encoded for values like plus signs to be used properly in the segment. For more details see [#13481](https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo/pull/13481).
 
+**Please note if you are a user of the API, read the Segment in Matomo API Reference [here](https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api-segmentation#segment-values-must-be-url-encoded) instead**
+
 ## How do I know if a segment is available for all sites?
 
 A segment can be either available for one site (for example `enable_only_idsite=1`) or for all sites in which case the column value for `enable_only_idsite` is `0` (zero).