diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
index b94eb3fd..503bb6f0 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
@@ -818,6 +818,9 @@ $ curl localhost:8888/encrypt -d mysecret
 NOTE: If the value you are encrypting has characters in it that need to be URL encoded you should use
 the `--data-urlencode` option to `curl` to make sure they are encoded properly.
 
+TIP: Be sure not to include any of the curl command statistics in the encrypted value.
+Outputting the value to a file can help avoid this problem.
+
 The inverse operation is also available via `/decrypt` (provided the server is
 configured with a symmetric key or a full key pair):