diff --git a/library/system/authorized_key b/library/system/authorized_key
index c9b178c3742..fb44b4450f2 100644
--- a/library/system/authorized_key
+++ b/library/system/authorized_key
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ options:
     version_added: "1.2"
   manage_dir:
     description:
-      - Whether this module should manage the directory of the authorized_keys file
+      - Whether this module should manage the directory of the authorized_keys file. Make sure to set C(manage_dir=no) if you are using an alternate directory for authorized_keys set with C(path), since you could lock yourself out of SSH access. See the example below.
     required: false
     choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
     default: "yes"