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@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ ente --help
 
 ### Accounts
 
-If you wish, you can add multiple accounts (your own and that of your family members) and export all data using this tool.
+If you wish, you can add multiple accounts (your own and that of your family
+members) and export all data using this tool.
 
 #### Add an account
 
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ If you wish, you can add multiple accounts (your own and that of your family mem
 ente account add
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+>
+> `ente account add` does not create new accounts, it just adds pre-existing
+> accounts to the list of accounts that the CLI knows about so that you can use
+> them for other actions.
+
 #### List accounts
 
 ```shell