diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/find-contains-docs.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/find-contains-docs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f87df622fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/find-contains-docs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - find - clarify description of ``contains`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61983)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/find.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/find.py
index ade80385af2..b516c4fbbe8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/find.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/find.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ options:
         version_added: "2.5"
     contains:
         description:
-            - One or more regex patterns which should be matched against the file content.
+            - A regular expression or pattern which should be matched against the file content.
         type: str
     paths:
         description: