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docs/reference/release-notes/7.12.asciidoc

@@ -142,15 +142,16 @@ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22137[CVE-2021-22137]
 === Known issues
 
 // tag::frozen-tier-79371-known-issue[]
-* Frozen Tier: The Frozen Tier relies on multiple caches mechanisms to speed up
-access to searchable snapshots files. One of those caches extensively uses
+* Frozen Tier: (Windows only) The Frozen Tier relies on multiple caches mechanisms
+to speed up access to searchable snapshots files. One of those caches extensively uses
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_file[sparse files] to avoid creating large
 files on disk when it is not strictly required. A bug prevented the files to be
-created with the right options to enable sparse support, leading {es} to create
-regular, potentially large files that can end to consume all the disk space.
+created with the right options to enable sparse support on Windows, leading {es} to
+create regular, potentially large files that can end consuming all the disk space.
 +
 This issue is fixed in {es} versions 7.15.2 and later. There is no known workaround
-for earlier versions. For more details, see {es-issue}79371[#79371].
+for earlier versions. Filesystems that enable sparse files by default are not affected.
+For more details, see {es-issue}79371[#79371].
 // end::frozen-tier-79371-known-issue[]
 
 * If autoscaling is enabled for machine learning, the administrator of the cluster