diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/70261_pipe_lookup.yml b/changelogs/fragments/70261_pipe_lookup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc10e8c36bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/70261_pipe_lookup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- pipe lookup - update docs for Popen with shell=True usages (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70159).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/pipe.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/pipe.py
index 0f5c974c2fa..81fd42bc67a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/pipe.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/pipe.py
@@ -4,32 +4,39 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-DOCUMENTATION = """
+DOCUMENTATION = r"""
     lookup: pipe
     author: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com>
     version_added: "0.9"
     short_description: read output from a command
     description:
-      - Run a command and return the output
+      - Run a command and return the output.
     options:
       _terms:
-        description: command(s) to run
+        description: command(s) to run.
         required: True
     notes:
       - Like all lookups this runs on the Ansible controller and is unaffected by other keywords, such as become,
         so if you need to different permissions you must change the command or run Ansible as another user.
       - Alternatively you can use a shell/command task that runs against localhost and registers the result.
+      - Pipe lookup internally invokes Popen with shell=True (this is required and intentional).
+        This type of invocation is considered as security issue if appropriate care is not taken to sanitize any user provided or variable input.
+        It is strongly recommended to pass user input or variable input via quote filter before using with pipe lookup.
+        See example section for this.
+        Read more about this L(Bandit B602 docs,https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins/b602_subprocess_popen_with_shell_equals_true.html)
 """
 
-EXAMPLES = """
+EXAMPLES = r"""
 - name: raw result of running date command"
-  debug: msg="{{ lookup('pipe','date') }}"
+  debug:
+    msg: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date') }}"
 
 - name: Always use quote filter to make sure your variables are safe to use with shell
-  debug: msg="{{ lookup('pipe','getent ' + myuser|quote ) }}"
+  debug:
+    msg: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'getent ' + myuser | quote ) }}"
 """
 
-RETURN = """
+RETURN = r"""
   _string:
     description:
       - stdout from command