diff --git a/website/pages/docs/vagrantfile/ssh_settings.mdx b/website/pages/docs/vagrantfile/ssh_settings.mdx
index 0ad8ca5ee..653ebee83 100644
--- a/website/pages/docs/vagrantfile/ssh_settings.mdx
+++ b/website/pages/docs/vagrantfile/ssh_settings.mdx
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ defaults are typically fine, but you can fine tune whatever you would like.
   as reverse tunneling down into the ssh program. These options can either be
   single flags set as strings such as `"-6"` for IPV6 or an array of arguments
   such as `["-L", "8008:localhost:80"]` for enabling a tunnel from host port 8008
-  to port 80 on guest.
+  to port 80 on guest. **Note:** This option only affects the `ssh` command or instances
+  where the SSH executable is invoked (non-interactive SSH connections use the internal
+  SSH communicator which is unaffected by this setting).
 
 - `config.ssh.forward_agent` (boolean) - If `true`, agent forwarding over SSH
   connections is enabled. Defaults to false.