Clarification regarding condition of semidirect product of cyclic groups

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Wikipedia says:

More generally, a semidirect product of any two cyclic groups $C_m$ with generator $a$ and $C_n$ with generator $b$ is given by one extra relation, $aba^{−1} = b^k$, with $k$ and $n$ coprime; that is, the presentation:

$$\langle a, b| a^m = e, b^n = e, aba^{-1} = b^k\rangle$$

Why must $k$ and $n$ be co-prime in this context?