diff --git a/doc/user-guide/ch_dashboard.xml b/doc/user-guide/ch_dashboard.xml
index f2410d2260..d450ab3230 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/ch_dashboard.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/ch_dashboard.xml
@@ -24,5 +24,7 @@
     <?hard-pagebreak?>
     <xi:include href="section_dashboard_launch_instances.xml"/>
     <?hard-pagebreak?>
+    <xi:include href="section_dashboard_create_networks.xml"/>
+    <?hard-pagebreak?>
     <xi:include href="section_dashboard_manage_volumes.xml"/>
 </chapter>
diff --git a/doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_create_networks.xml b/doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_create_networks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd22a17336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_create_networks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE section [
+ <!-- Some useful entities borrowed from HTML -->
+<!ENTITY ndash  "&#x2013;">
+<!ENTITY mdash  "&#x2014;">
+<!ENTITY hellip "&#x2026;">
+]>
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+    xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
+    xml:id="dashboard_create_networks">
+    <title>Create a network</title>
+    <?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
+    <procedure>
+        <step>
+            <para>Log in to the OpenStack dashboard, choose a project,
+                and, click the <guibutton>Networks</guibutton>
+                category.</para>
+        </step>
+        <step>
+            <para>Click <guibutton>Create Network</guibutton>.</para>
+        </step>
+        <step>
+            <para>In the Create Network window, specify the following
+                values.</para>
+            <informaltable rules="all" width="75%">
+                <col width="30%"/>
+                <col width="70%"/>
+                <thead>
+                    <tr>
+                        <th colspan="2" align="center"
+                                ><guilabel>Network</guilabel> tab</th>
+                    </tr>
+                </thead>
+                <tbody>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Network
+                                Name</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>A name to identify the
+                                network.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <th colspan="2" align="center"
+                                ><guilabel>Subnet</guilabel> tab</th>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Create
+                                Subnet</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>Check this option to create a
+                                subnet</para>
+                            <para>You do not have to initially specify
+                                a subnet (although this will result in
+                                the status of 'error' for any attached
+                                instance).</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Subnet
+                                Name</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>Name for the subnet.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Network
+                                Address</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>IP address for the
+                            subnet.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>IP
+                                Version</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>IPv4 or IPv6.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Gateway
+                                IP</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>IP address for a specific gateway.
+                                This parameter is
+                            optional.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Disable
+                                Gateway</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>Check this option to disable gateway
+                                IP address.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <th colspan="2" align="center"
+                                ><guilabel>Subnet Detail</guilabel>
+                            tab</th>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Enable
+                                DHCP</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>Check this option to enable
+                                DHCP</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Allocation
+                                   Pools</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>You can allocate IP address
+                                pools.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>DNS Name
+                                   Servers</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>You can allocate a name for the DNS
+                                server.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td><para><guilabel>Host
+                                Routes</guilabel></para></td>
+                        <td><para>Include IP address of host
+                                routes.</para></td>
+                    </tr>
+                </tbody>
+            </informaltable>
+        </step>
+        <step>
+            <para>Click <guilabel>Create</guilabel> to create a
+                network.</para>
+        </step>
+        <step>
+            <para>The dashboard shows the network in the
+                    <guilabel>Networks</guilabel> category.</para>
+        </step>
+    </procedure>
+</section>