diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/spec.json b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/spec.json
index f5c23b66f5d0..e984c6172c39 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/spec.json
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-github/source_github/spec.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       "start_date": {
         "type": "string",
         "title": "Start Date",
-        "description": "The date from which you'd like to replicate data for GitHub in the format YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z. All data generated after this date will be replicated.",
+        "description": "The date from which you'd like to replicate data from GitHub in the format YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z. For the streams which support this configuration, only data generated on or after the start date will be replicated. This field doesn't apply to all streams, see <a href="https://docs.airbyte.io/integrations/sources/github">the docs</a> for more info",
         "examples": ["2021-03-01T00:00:00Z"],
         "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$",
         "order": 1