diff --git a/data/reusables/actions/output-limitations.md b/data/reusables/actions/output-limitations.md
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-Outputs are Unicode strings, and can be a maximum of 1 MB. The total of all outputs in a workflow run can be a maximum of 50 MB.
+Outputs can be a maximum of 1 MB per job. The total of all outputs in a workflow run can be a maximum of 50 MB. Size is approximated based on UTF-16 encoding.