diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/files.py b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/files.py
index 0c321a1cf0..db3e9ef6be 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/files.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/files.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ options:
   attributes:
     description:
       - Attributes of the file or directory should be. To get supported flags look at the man page for I(chattr) on the taget system.
+        This string should contain the attributes in the same order than they are displayed by I(lsattr).
     required: false
     default: None
     aliases: ['attr']