TS4147 Do I need to merge Safari and my contacts with icloud?

When settling up Icloud on my iphone 5c the question comes up:  Do you want to merge your Safari and Contacts to iCloud. 
Can this be reversed later?  What difference does it make?

Welcome to the Apple community.
It can only be reversed manually, i.e. By putting everything back one by one. However it's the only way to use iCloud and keep the contacts you already have on your device.

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