diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
index 5215ce914741ed733b0ee47023604d6d45f2ddc9..20e2dd50c8cedd8928f10109b7193e790d71081f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads this file into a string, by using the current system encoding.
+     * Reads this file into a string, by using the current system encoding on the remote machine.
      */
     public String readToString() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         return act(new ReadToString());
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
      * Overwrites this file by placing the given String as the content.
      *
      * @param encoding
-     *      Null to use the platform default encoding.
+     *      Null to use the platform default encoding on the remote machine.
      * @since 1.105
      */
     public void write(final String content, final String encoding) throws IOException, InterruptedException {