diff --git a/docs/getting_started/prerequisites.rst b/docs/getting_started/prerequisites.rst
index 65a66b6..1e8fe41 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/prerequisites.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started/prerequisites.rst
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@
 The following libraries must be available to build one or more components or
 supporting tools:
 
-- OpenSSL >= 3.0
+- OpenSSL >= 1.1.1 (v3.0.0 to v3.0.6 highly discouraged due to security issues)
 
-   Required to build the cert_create tool.
+   Required to build the cert_create, encrypt_fw, and fiptool tools.
 
    .. note::
 
-    OpenSSL 3.0 has to be built from source code, as it's not available in
-    the default package repositories in recent Ubuntu versions. Please refer
-    to the OpenSSL project documentation for more information.
+    If using OpenSSL 3, older Linux versions may require it to be built from
+    source code, as it may not be available in the default package repositories.
+    Please refer to the OpenSSL project documentation for more information.
 
 The following libraries are required for Trusted Board Boot and Measured Boot
 support: