Investors without industry knowledge naturally cannot understand jargon due to their lack of the requisite industry knowledge. The use of jargon in management disclosures and the associated difficulty these investors experience when they try to process jargon provide an immediate reminder to these investors that they lack knowledge about the topic. This reduces their understanding, and correspondingly, investment willingness. Since investors without industry knowledge cannot distinguish good jargon from bad jargon, we expect that jargon (regardless of whether it is good or bad jargon) will reduce investment willingness for investors without industry knowledge. We also expect that investors with some-but-low industry knowledge will experience difficulty when they try to process jargon in management disclosures. However, given that these investors have some knowledge about the industry, they are less likely to attribute the processing difficulty they experience to their insufficient level of industry knowledge. Instead, these investors tend to believe their feelings of difficulty in processing information are diagnostic about the specialized nature of the company. As jargon reinforces the unfamiliarity that is expected for a highly specialized company and leads to higher perceived product premium, we expect that jargon (regardless of whether it is good or bad jargon) will result in greater investment willingness for investors with some-but-low industry knowledge. Last, while we do not expect investors with no or little industry knowledge to be able to differentiate between good and bad jargon, we predict that investors with high industry knowledge can easily access industry knowledge to understand jargon. As a result, they can assess whether management’s use of jargon is good or bad, and reduce investment willingness only when bad jargon is used.