diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_nova-compute-install.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_nova-compute-install.xml
index d6c715b62c..66aca971da 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide/section_nova-compute-install.xml
+++ b/doc/install-guide/section_nova-compute-install.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@
     On legacy hardware, this configuration uses the generic QEMU hypervisor.
     You can follow these instructions with minor modifications to horizontally
     scale your environment with additional compute nodes.</para>
+  <note>
+    <para>This section assumes that you are following the instructions in
+      this guide step-by-step to configure the first compute node. If you
+      want to configure additional compute nodes, prepare them in a similar
+      fashion to the first compute node in the
+      <link linkend="architecture_example-architectures">example architectures
+      </link> section using the same networking service as your existing
+      environment. For either networking service, follow the
+      <link linkend="basics-ntp-other-nodes">NTP configuration</link> and
+      <link linkend="basics-packages">OpenStack packages</link>
+      instructions. For OpenStack Networking (neutron), also follow the
+      <link linkend="basics-networking-neutron">OpenStack
+      Networking compute node</link> instructions. For legacy networking
+      (nova-network), also follow the
+      <link linkend="basics-networking-nova">legacy networking compute node</link>
+      instructions. Each additional compute node requires unique IP
+      addresses.</para>
+  </note>
   <procedure os="ubuntu;rhel;centos;fedora;sles;opensuse">
     <title>To install and configure the Compute hypervisor components</title>
     <step>