diff --git a/source_control/git b/source_control/git
index c241b8b5e61..d6bfb554e31 100644
--- a/source_control/git
+++ b/source_control/git
@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@ options:
               the normal mechanism for resolving binary paths will be used.
 notes:
     - If the task seems to be hanging, first verify remote host is in C(known_hosts).
-      SSH will prompt user to authorize the first contact with a remote host. One solution is to add
-      C(StrictHostKeyChecking no) in C(.ssh/config) which will accept and authorize the connection
-      on behalf of the user. However, if you run as a different user such as setting sudo to True),
-      for example, root will not look at the user .ssh/config setting.
+      SSH will prompt user to authorize the first contact with a remote host.  To avoid this prompt, 
+      one solution is to add the remote host public key in C(/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts) before calling 
+      the git module, with the following command: ssh-keyscan remote_host.com >> /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts.
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
diff --git a/source_control/hg b/source_control/hg
index bb2f55effee..6da2e5675d9 100644
--- a/source_control/hg
+++ b/source_control/hg
@@ -74,11 +74,9 @@ options:
               the normal mechanism for resolving binary paths will be used.
 notes:
     - If the task seems to be hanging, first verify remote host is in C(known_hosts).
-      SSH will prompt user to authorize the first contact with a remote host. One solution is to add
-      C(StrictHostKeyChecking no) in C(.ssh/config) which will accept and authorize the connection
-      on behalf of the user. However, if you run as a different user such as setting sudo to True),
-      for example, root will not look at the user .ssh/config setting.
-
+      SSH will prompt user to authorize the first contact with a remote host.  To avoid this prompt, 
+      one solution is to add the remote host public key in C(/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts) before calling 
+      the hg module, with the following command: ssh-keyscan remote_host.com >> /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts.
 requirements: [ ]
 '''