diff --git a/content/get-started/using-git/splitting-a-subfolder-out-into-a-new-repository.md b/content/get-started/using-git/splitting-a-subfolder-out-into-a-new-repository.md
index 4df0344c03..7d320ebb0d 100644
--- a/content/get-started/using-git/splitting-a-subfolder-out-into-a-new-repository.md
+++ b/content/get-started/using-git/splitting-a-subfolder-out-into-a-new-repository.md
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ versions:
   ghec: '*'
 shortTitle: Splitting a subfolder
 ---
+ 
+{% note %}
+
+**Note:** You need Git version 2.22.0 or later to follow these instructions, otherwise `git filter-repo` will not work.
+
+{% endnote %}
+  
 If you create a new clone of the repository, you won't lose any of your Git history or changes when you split a folder into a separate repository.  However, note that the new repository won't have the branches and tags of the original repository.
 
 {% data reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal %}