diff --git a/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Microsoft.KeyVault/stable/7.0/keyvault.json b/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Microsoft.KeyVault/stable/7.0/keyvault.json
index e7394ee8cb47..af96f3dada61 100644
--- a/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Microsoft.KeyVault/stable/7.0/keyvault.json
+++ b/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Microsoft.KeyVault/stable/7.0/keyvault.json
@@ -5236,7 +5236,7 @@
         "value": {
           "x-ms-client-name": "base64EncodedCertificate",
           "type": "string",
-          "description": "Base64 encoded representation of the certificate object to import. This certificate needs to contain the private key."
+          "description": "A PEM file or a base64-encoded PFX file.  PEM files need to contain the private key."
         },
         "pwd": {
           "x-ms-client-name": "password",
diff --git a/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Microsoft.KeyVault/stable/7.1/certificates.json b/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Microsoft.KeyVault/stable/7.1/certificates.json
index 6760c1d5970b..b2df715edcae 100644
--- a/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Microsoft.KeyVault/stable/7.1/certificates.json
+++ b/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Microsoft.KeyVault/stable/7.1/certificates.json
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@
         "value": {
           "x-ms-client-name": "base64EncodedCertificate",
           "type": "string",
-          "description": "Base64 encoded representation of the certificate object to import. This certificate needs to contain the private key."
+          "description": "A PEM file or a base64-encoded PFX file.  PEM files need to contain the private key."
         },
         "pwd": {
           "x-ms-client-name": "password",