diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md b/docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md
index 477c574b3..3bd44fb1e 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/hardware_acceleration.md
@@ -93,9 +93,15 @@ ffmpeg:
 ```
 
 If everything is working correctly, you should see a significant improvement in performance.
-Verify that hardware decoding is working by running `docker exec -it frigate nvidia-smi`, which should show the ffmpeg
+Verify that hardware decoding is working by running `nvidia-smi`, which should show the ffmpeg
 processes:
 
+:::note
+
+nvidia-smi may not show ffmpeg processes when run inside the container [due to docker limitations](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker/issues/179#issuecomment-645579458)
+
+:::
+
 ```
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 | NVIDIA-SMI 455.38       Driver Version: 455.38       CUDA Version: 11.1     |