diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_nova-network.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_nova-network.xml
index a8fb3438df..5c52194f4b 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide/section_nova-network.xml
+++ b/doc/install-guide/section_nova-network.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
          version="5.0"
          xml:id="nova-network">
   <title>Enabling Networking</title>
-  <para>Configuring Networking can be one of the most bewildering experiences
-  you will encounter when working with OpenStack. To assist in this we have
-  chosen the simplest production-ready configuration for this guide: the legacy
-  networking in OpenStack Compute, with a flat network, that takes care of DHCP
-  and is made highly available by splitting across multiple hosts.</para>
+  <para>Configuring Networking can be one of the most bewildering experiences you will encounter
+    when working with OpenStack. To assist in this we have chosen the simplest production-ready
+    configuration for this guide: the legacy networking in OpenStack Compute, with a flat network,
+    that takes care of DHCP.</para>
+  <para>This setup uses "multi-host" functionality: the networking is configured to be highly
+    available by splitting networking functionality across multiple hosts. As a result, there is no
+    single network controller that acts as a single point of failure.  Because each compute node is
+    configured for networking in this setup, no additional networking configuration is required on
+    the controller.</para>
   <note><para>If you require the full software-defined networking stack, see <link
         linkend="ch_neutron">Using Neutron Networking</link>.</para></note>
 <procedure>