diff --git a/lib/checkdangerousfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkdangerousfunctions.cpp
index e1f7d5447..790996611 100644
--- a/lib/checkdangerousfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkdangerousfunctions.cpp
@@ -62,10 +62,13 @@ void CheckDangerousFunctions::dangerousFunctionmktemp(const Token *tok)
 
 void CheckDangerousFunctions::dangerousFunctiongets(const Token *tok)
 {
-    reportError(tok, Severity::style, "dangerousFunctiongets", "Found 'gets'. You should use 'fgets' instead");
+    reportError(tok, Severity::style, "dangerousFunctiongets", "Found 'gets'. You should use 'fgets' instead\n"
+                "Using gets can easily cause buffer overflows.");
 }
 
 void CheckDangerousFunctions::dangerousFunctionscanf(const Token *tok)
 {
-    reportError(tok, Severity::style, "dangerousFunctionscanf", "Found 'scanf'. You should use 'fgets' instead");
+    reportError(tok, Severity::style, "dangerousFunctionscanf", "Found 'scanf'. You should use 'fgets' instead\n"
+                "If reading a string the 'scanf' can easily cause a buffer overflow if the data is too big.\n"
+                "If you want to convert the input to a number a wrong input may cause a crash.");
 }