diff --git a/doc/installation/with-docker-rootless.en-us.md b/doc/installation/with-docker-rootless.en-us.md
index b8b40fcb..5aa4e46e 100644
--- a/doc/installation/with-docker-rootless.en-us.md
+++ b/doc/installation/with-docker-rootless.en-us.md
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ docker-compose up -d
 
 In addition to the environment variables above, any settings in `app.ini` can be set
 or overridden with an environment variable of the form: `GITEA__SECTION_NAME__KEY_NAME`.
-These settings are applied each time the docker container starts.
+These settings are applied each time the docker container starts, and won't be passed into Gitea's sub-processes.
 Full information [here](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/main/contrib/environment-to-ini).
 
 These environment variables can be passed to the docker container in `docker-compose.yml`.
diff --git a/doc/installation/with-docker.en-us.md b/doc/installation/with-docker.en-us.md
index e70a6ab1..a7a57529 100644
--- a/doc/installation/with-docker.en-us.md
+++ b/doc/installation/with-docker.en-us.md
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ docker-compose up -d
 
 In addition to the environment variables above, any settings in `app.ini` can be set
 or overridden with an environment variable of the form: `GITEA__SECTION_NAME__KEY_NAME`.
-These settings are applied each time the docker container starts.
+These settings are applied each time the docker container starts, and won't be passed into Gitea's sub-processes.
 Full information [here](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/master/contrib/environment-to-ini).
 
 These environment variables can be passed to the docker container in `docker-compose.yml`.