diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/README.md b/projects/amdsmi/README.md
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--- a/projects/amdsmi/README.md
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ installed to query firmware information and hardware IPs.
 
 ## Install CLI Tool and Libraries
 
+**Disclaimer: CLI Tool is provided as an example code to aid the development of telemetry tools and is not guaranteed to be backwards compatible. The Python or C++ Library is recommended as a reliable data source.**  
+
 ### Requirements
 
 * python 3.6.8+ 64-bit
diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/amdsmi_cli/README.md b/projects/amdsmi/amdsmi_cli/README.md
index 2c782ae66c..f7aa99f01c 100644
--- a/projects/amdsmi/amdsmi_cli/README.md
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/amdsmi_cli/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # AMD SMI CLI Tool
 
-**Disclaimer: CLI Tool is provided as an example code to aid the development of telemetry tools. Python or C++ Library is recommended as a reliable data source.**  
+**Disclaimer: CLI Tool is provided as an example code to aid the development of telemetry tools and is not guaranteed to be backwards compatible. The Python or C++ Library is recommended as a reliable data source.**  
 
 This tool acts as a command line interface for manipulating
 and monitoring the amdgpu kernel, and is intended to replace