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@@ -62,9 +62,19 @@ If a server name has been provided, Velocity will attempt to connect to the serv
 
 ## `/shutdown`
 
-When executed from the console, this will gracefully shut down the Velocity proxy. All players will
-be disconnected from the proxy and plugins will have a chance to finish up before the proxy shuts
-down. An optional reason can be given, either as JSON or with [MiniMessage Format](https://docs.advntr.dev/minimessage/format.html).
+:::info
+
+This command can only be executed from console.
+
+:::
+
+When run, this will gracefully shut down the Velocity proxy.
+All players will be disconnected from the proxy, and plugins will have a chance to finish up before the proxy shuts down.
+An optional reason can be given, either as JSON or with [MiniMessage Format](https://docs.advntr.dev/minimessage/format.html).
+
+If the provided message starts with `"`, `[`, or `{`, then the message is attempted to be parsed as JSON.
+If this parsing fails, or the message starts with anything else, the message will be parsed as MiniMessage.
+
 
 ## `/glist`