diff --git a/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/scale-environment.rst b/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/scale-environment.rst
index 16ae2b654b..1cc0d1f688 100644
--- a/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/scale-environment.rst
+++ b/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/scale-environment.rst
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ Having a plan in place for how you will manage these types of events is a vital
 part of maintaining your OpenStack environment.
 
 For a Compute host, shut down the instance on the host before
-it goes down. For a Block Storage (cinder) host, shut down any instances with
-volumes attached that require that mount point. Unmount the drive within
-your operating system and re-mount the drive once the Block Storage
-host is back online.
+it goes down. For a Block Storage (cinder) host using non-redundant storage,
+shut down any instances with volumes attached that require that mount point.
+Unmount the drive within your operating system and re-mount the drive once the
+Block Storage host is back online.
 
 Shutting down the Compute host
 ------------------------------
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ If a Compute host needs to be shut down:
 Shutting down the Block Storage host
 ------------------------------------
 
-If a Block Storage host needs to be shut down:
+If a LVM backed Block Storage host needs to be shut down:
 
 #. Disable the ``cinder-volume`` service: