diff --git a/doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md b/doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md
index faf885b6552fab624acc5a212cfbafa8232c71fc..e71c55f80388ce28c0d9f9b5662bfb7f81f7120c 100644
--- a/doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ to start relevant analyzers depending on the detected repository language(s) ins
 are some differences in the way repository languages are detected between DIND and non-DIND. You can
 observe these differences by checking both Linguist and the common library. For instance, Linguist
 looks for `*.java` files to spin up the [gemnasium-maven](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven)
-image, while orchestrator only looks for the existence of `pom.xml` or `build.gradle`.
+image, while orchestrator only looks for the existence of `pom.xml` or `build.gradle`. GitLab uses
+Linguist to detect new file types in the default branch. This means that when introducing files or
+dependencies for a new language or package manager, the corresponding scans won't be triggered in
+the MR and will only run on the default branch once the MR is merged. This will be addressed by
+[#211702](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/211702).
 
 ## Interacting with the vulnerabilities
 
diff --git a/doc/user/application_security/sast/index.md b/doc/user/application_security/sast/index.md
index c864abfe1aeab0f2074cf579d76a4db6c9e8f60d..a2b365c672aca68c24ab6ffbb9e53646fb3fe500 100644
--- a/doc/user/application_security/sast/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/application_security/sast/index.md
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ are some differences in the way repository languages are detected between DIND a
 observe these differences by checking both Linguist and the common library. For instance, Linguist
 looks for `*.java` files to spin up the [spotbugs](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/spotbugs)
 image, while orchestrator only looks for the existence of `pom.xml`, `build.xml`, `gradlew`,
-`grailsw`, or `mvnw`.
+`grailsw`, or `mvnw`. GitLab uses Linguist to detect new file types in the default branch. This
+means that when introducing files or dependencies for a new language or package manager, the
+corresponding scans won't be triggered in the MR and will only run on the default branch once the
+MR is merged. This will be addressed by [#211702](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/211702).
 
 #### Enabling kubesec analyzer