diff --git a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
index 2710ab179..1471056bd 100644
--- a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ soc:
             global: True
             forcedType: bool
           dontScanBefore:
-            description: A date specifying how far back to scan for memories. Must be in YYYY-MM-DD format.
+            description: A date specifying how far back to scan for memories. Must be in UTC format (2026-08-31T22:05:48Z).
             regex: "^(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(\.\d+)?Z)?$"
             regexFailureMessage: Expecting date in RFC3339 format (2026-08-31T22:05:48Z)
             global: True