diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index f7bc4943f..c4c284804 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -789,6 +789,9 @@ more active team members (e.g. Steve). If you wish to use PGP to send
 in a report please use one or more of the keys of the team members listed
 at <URL: http://www.openssl.org/about/>
 
+Note that bugs only present in the openssl utility are not in general
+considered to be security issues. 
+
 [PROG] ========================================================================
 
 * Is OpenSSL thread-safe?