diff --git a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
index ae16ad86cdf8a..c246e195d7485 100644
--- a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
+++ b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
@@ -175,23 +175,22 @@ render template: "products/show"
 
 #### Rendering an Arbitrary File
 
-The `render` method can also use a view that's entirely outside of your application (perhaps you're sharing views between two Rails applications):
-
-```ruby
-render "/u/apps/warehouse_app/current/app/views/products/show"
-```
-
-Rails determines that this is a file render because of the leading slash character. To be explicit, you can use the `:file` option (which was required on Rails 2.2 and earlier):
+The `render` method can also use a view that's entirely outside of your application:
 
 ```ruby
 render file: "/u/apps/warehouse_app/current/app/views/products/show"
 ```
 
-The `:file` option takes an absolute file-system path. Of course, you need to have rights to the view that you're using to render the content.
+The `:file` option takes an absolute file-system path. Of course, you need to have rights
+to the view that you're using to render the content.
+
+NOTE: Using the `:file` option in combination with users input can lead to security problems
+since an attacker could use this action to access security sensitive files in your file system.
 
 NOTE: By default, the file is rendered using the current layout.
 
-TIP: If you're running Rails on Microsoft Windows, you should use the `:file` option to render a file, because Windows filenames do not have the same format as Unix filenames.
+TIP: If you're running Rails on Microsoft Windows, you should use the `:file` option to
+render a file, because Windows filenames do not have the same format as Unix filenames.
 
 #### Wrapping it up