diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c9e9aa..ee0b383 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ Following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys:
 | `hide-progress`              | String  | `false`                            | Suppress progress bar and log output                                                                                                                             |
 | `list-all-pkgs`              | String  |                                    | Output all packages regardless of vulnerability                                                                                                                  |
 | `scanners`                   | String  | `vuln,secret`                      | comma-separated list of what security issues to detect (`vuln`,`secret`,`misconfig`,`license`)                                                                   |
-| `trivyignores`               | String  |                                    | comma-separated list of relative paths in repository to one or more `.trivyignore` or `.trivyignore.yaml` files.                                                 |
+| `trivyignores`               | String  |                                    | comma-separated list of relative paths within the repository to one or more `.trivyignore` files, or a single `.trivyignore.yaml` file.                          |
 | `trivy-config`               | String  |                                    | Path to trivy.yaml config                                                                                                                                        |
 | `github-pat`                 | String  |                                    | Authentication token to enable sending SBOM scan results to GitHub Dependency Graph. Can be either a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) or GITHUB_TOKEN          |
 | `limit-severities-for-sarif` | Boolean | false                              | By default *SARIF* format enforces output of all vulnerabilities regardless of configured severities. To override this behavior set this parameter to **true**   |
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 8325960..62d784c 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: ''
   trivyignores:
-    description: 'comma-separated list of relative paths in repository to one or more .trivyignore files'
+    description: 'comma-separated list of relative paths within the repository to one or more .trivyignore files, or a single .trivyignore.yaml file.'
     required: false
     default: ''
   github-pat: