diff --git a/intro/getting-started.rst b/intro/getting-started.rst
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--- a/intro/getting-started.rst
+++ b/intro/getting-started.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ will explain how to set up two devices with the core Syncthing flavor.
 
 .. _`Syncthing-GTK`: https://github.com/kozec/syncthing-gtk
 
+.. note::
+   By default, Syncthing connects to a Syncthing Foundation discovery server to 
+locate devices and traverse firewalls. Your antivirus or firewall software may 
+occasionally flag connections to specific relay nodes as potential false 
+positives, but note that all traffic remains fully end-to-end encrypted.
+
 Syncthing
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