diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/load.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/load.md
index 86264ef4..2e6fc46c 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/load.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/load.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ The `load`/`strload` operator allows you to load in content from another file re
 
 Note that you can use string operators like `+` and `sub` to modify the value in the yaml file to a path that exists in your system.
 
+Use `strload` to load text based content as a string block, and `load` to interpret the file as yaml.
 
 Lets say there is a file `../../examples/thing.yml`:
 
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/load.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/load.md
index de225df6..aa43f486 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/load.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/load.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ The `load`/`strload` operator allows you to load in content from another file re
 
 Note that you can use string operators like `+` and `sub` to modify the value in the yaml file to a path that exists in your system.
 
+Use `strload` to load text based content as a string block, and `load` to interpret the file as yaml.
 
 Lets say there is a file `../../examples/thing.yml`: