From 4b27e7439b5a7930aefe8886b075e86537f2c5e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laura Pacilio <83350965+laurapacilio@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:09:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] backport of commit d74c4972d7c4e74f2ef168d4092f48f4ce121b93

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 website/docs/language/resources/provisioners/file.mdx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/website/docs/language/resources/provisioners/file.mdx b/website/docs/language/resources/provisioners/file.mdx
index 6ba19b65a0dc..7618e3d04d75 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/resources/provisioners/file.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/language/resources/provisioners/file.mdx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ resource "aws_instance" "web" {
 }
 ```
 
--> **Note:** When the `file` provisioner is talking to a Windows system over SSH, you must configure OpenSSH to run the commands with `cmd.exe` and not by PowerShell. 
+-> **Note:** When the `file` provisioner communicates with a Windows system over SSH, you must configure OpenSSH to run the commands with `cmd.exe` and not PowerShell. PowerShell causes file parsing errors because it is incompatible with both Unix shells and the Windows command interpreter.
 
 ## Argument Reference