diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/options/volume.md b/docs/source/markdown/options/volume.md
index 116ed4c078..b4f64de59e 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/options/volume.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/options/volume.md
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ objects on the shared volumes. The **z** option tells Podman that two or more
 content with a shared content label. Shared volume labels allow all containers
 to read/write content. The **Z** option tells Podman to label the content with
 a private unshared label Only the current <<container|pod>> can use a private
-volume. Relabeling walks the file system under the volume and changes the label
+volume. Note: all containers within a `pod` share the same SELinux label. This
+means all containers within said pod can read/write volumes create with the
+`:Z`. Relabeling walks the file system under the volume and changes the label
 on each file, if the volume has thousands of inodes, this process takes a
 long time, delaying the start of the <<container|pod>>. If the volume
 was previously relabeled with the `z` option, Podman is optimized to not relabel