diff --git a/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst b/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst
index 735ff97024..f82ed3ec5f 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ manual cleaning step can only be initiated when a node is in the ``manageable``
 state. Once the manual cleaning is finished, the node will be put in the
 ``manageable`` state again. A user can follow steps from :ref:`manual_cleaning`
 to initiate manual cleaning operation on a node. This feature is only supported
-for ``ilo5`` based hardware.
+for iLO5 based hardware.
 
 An example of a manual clean step with ``security_parameters_update`` as the
 only clean step could be::
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ Update Minimum Password Length security parameter as manual clean step
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 iLO driver can invoke ``Minimum Password Length`` security parameter update as a manual clean
-step. This feature is only supported for ``ilo5`` based hardware.
+step. This feature is only supported for iLO5 based hardware.
 
 An example of a manual clean step with ``update_minimum_password_length`` as the
 only clean step could be::
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ Update Authentication Failure Logging security parameter as manual clean step
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 iLO driver can invoke ``Authentication Failure Logging`` security parameter update as a manual clean
-step. This feature is only supported for ``ilo5`` based hardware.
+step. This feature is only supported for iLO5 based hardware.
 
 An example of a manual clean step with ``Authentication Failure Logging`` as the
 only clean step could be::
diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/ilo/management.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/ilo/management.py
index 28fef03bb5..17516b4b82 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/ilo/management.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/ilo/management.py
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ _MINIMUM_PASSWORD_LENGTH_UPDATE_ARGSINFO = {
     },
     'ignore': {
         'description': (
-            "This argument represents boolean parameter. If set 'True' the "
-            "security parameters will be ignored. If not specified, default "
-            "will be 'False'."
+            "This argument represents boolean parameter. If set 'True' "
+            "the security parameters will be ignored by iLO while "
+            "computing the overall iLO security status. If not specified, "
+            "default will be 'False'."
         ),
         'required': False
     }
@@ -127,9 +128,10 @@ _Auth_Failure_Logging_Threshold_ARGSINFO = {
     },
     'ignore': {
         'description': (
-            "This argument represents boolean parameter. If set 'True' the "
-            "security parameters will be ignored. If not specified, default "
-            "will be 'False'."
+            "This argument represents boolean parameter. If set 'True' "
+            "the security parameters will be ignored by iLO while "
+            "computing the overall iLO security status. If not specified, "
+            "default will be 'False'."
         ),
         'required': False
     }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/adding-security-param-clean-step-00d5548072a397f2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/adding-security-param-clean-step-00d5548072a397f2.yaml
index 2df38df6e2..5a3b2d0bc3 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/adding-security-param-clean-step-00d5548072a397f2.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/adding-security-param-clean-step-00d5548072a397f2.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 features:
   - |
-    Adding new clean steps to ``ilo`` hardware type -
+    Adding new clean steps to ``ilo`` and ``ilo5`` hardware type -
     ``security_parameters_update``, ``update_minimum_password_length``,
     and ``update_auth_failure_logging_threshold`` which allows users to
     modify ilo system security settings.