diff --git a/content/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md b/content/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md
index 92fa29e8a531..870e5fd520dc 100644
--- a/content/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md
+++ b/content/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent.md
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ If you are a site administrator for {% data variables.product.product_location %
    ```shell
    > Generating public/private ALGORITHM key pair.
    ```
-3. When you're prompted to "Enter a file in which to save the key," press Enter. This accepts the default file location.
+When you're prompted to "Enter a file in which to save the key", you can press **Enter** to accept the default file location. Please note that if you created SSH keys previously, ssh-keygen may ask you to rewrite another key, in which case we recommend creating a custom-named SSH key. To do so, type the default file location and replace id_ssh_keyname with your custom key name.
+
 
    {% mac %}