diff --git a/doc/common/section_cli_nova_evacuate.xml b/doc/common/section_cli_nova_evacuate.xml
index 3dfb9afbdb..7556dda861 100644
--- a/doc/common/section_cli_nova_evacuate.xml
+++ b/doc/common/section_cli_nova_evacuate.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
   xml:id="nova_cli_evacuate">
     <title>Evacuate instances</title>
     <para>If a cloud compute node fails due to a hardware malfunction or another reason, you can
-        evacuate instances to make them available again. You can choose evacuation parameters for
-        your use case.</para>
+        evacuate instances to make them available again. You can optionally include the target host
+        on the <command>evacuate</command> command. If you omit the host, the scheduler determines
+        the target host.</para>
     <para>To preserve user data on server disk, you must configure shared storage on the target
         host. Also, you must validate that the current VM host is down; otherwise, the evacuation
         fails with an error.</para>