diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/options/privileged.md b/docs/source/markdown/options/privileged.md
index 608b0ded8f..5cca2ad5e0 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/options/privileged.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/options/privileged.md
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Give extended privileges to this container. The default is **false**.
 By default, Podman containers are unprivileged (**=false**) and cannot, for
 example, modify parts of the operating system. This is because by default a
 container is only allowed limited access to devices. A "privileged" container
-is given the same access to devices as the user launching the container.
+is given the same access to devices as the user launching the container, with
+the exception of virtual consoles (_/dev/tty\d+_) when running in systemd
+mode (**--systemd=always**).
 
 A privileged container turns off the security features that isolate the
 container from the host. Dropped Capabilities, limited devices, read-only mount
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/options/systemd.md b/docs/source/markdown/options/systemd.md
index 973c063536..9a6e9fcf08 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/options/systemd.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/options/systemd.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Running the container in systemd mode causes the following changes:
 * Podman sets the default stop signal to **SIGRTMIN+3**.
 * Podman sets **container_uuid** environment variable in the container to the
 first 32 characters of the container id.
+* Podman will not mount virtual consoles (_/dev/tty\d+_) when running with **--privileged**.
 
 This allows systemd to run in a confined container without any modifications.