diff --git a/reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertFrom-SecureString.md b/reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertFrom-SecureString.md
index bc8d2c48ea16..ad2b40fa17ed 100644
--- a/reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertFrom-SecureString.md
+++ b/reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertFrom-SecureString.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ If no key is specified, the Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) is used to encry
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Note that per [DotNet](/dotnet/api/system.security.securestring?view=netcore-2.1#remarks), the
-> contents of a SecureString are not encrypted.
+> contents of a SecureString are not encrypted on non-Windows systems.
 
 ## EXAMPLES
 
diff --git a/reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertTo-SecureString.md b/reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertTo-SecureString.md
index 35d6931099c7..5786988588c1 100644
--- a/reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertTo-SecureString.md
+++ b/reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/ConvertTo-SecureString.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ If the standard string being converted was encrypted with **ConvertFrom-SecureSt
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Note that per [DotNet](/dotnet/api/system.security.securestring?view=netcore-2.1#remarks), the
-> contents of a SecureString are not encrypted.
+> contents of a SecureString are not encrypted on non-Windows systems.
 
 ## EXAMPLES