diff --git a/doc/install-guide/ch_horizon.xml b/doc/install-guide/ch_horizon.xml
index 8c2f49b492..f49e0302df 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide/ch_horizon.xml
+++ b/doc/install-guide/ch_horizon.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   <para>Horizon provides a set of core classes and reusable templates and tools.</para>
   <para>This example deployment uses an Apache web server.</para>
 
-  <xi:include href="section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="section_dashboard-install.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="section_dashboard-verify.xml"/>
   <section xml:id="section_horizon_next_steps">
@@ -28,6 +27,12 @@
     <para>After you install and configure the dashboard, you can
     complete the following tasks:</para>
   <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>Provide users with a public IP address, a username, and a password
+          so they can access the dashboard through a web browser. In case of
+          any SSL certificate connection problems, point the server
+          IP address to a domain name, and give users access.</para>
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Customize your dashboard. See section <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/ch_install-dashboard.html#dashboard-custom-brand"
           >Customize the dashboard</link> in the <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/"
@@ -40,6 +45,16 @@
           ><citetitle>OpenStack Cloud Administrator Guide</citetitle></link> for information on user
           session data.</para>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+       <para>To use the VNC client with the dashboard, the browser
+            must support HTML5 Canvas and HTML5 WebSockets.</para>
+       <para>For details about browsers that support noVNC, see <link
+           xlink:href="https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/blob/master/README.md">
+           https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/blob/master/README.md</link>,
+           and <link xlink:href="https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support">
+           https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support</link>,
+           respectively.</para>
+    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
   </section>
 </chapter>
diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-install.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-install.xml
index cc132c6a12..3717b03f8b 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-install.xml
+++ b/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-install.xml
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@
   <title>Install and configure</title>
   <para>This section describes how to install and configure the dashboard
     on the controller node.</para>
-  <para>Before you proceed, verify that your system meets the requirements
-    in <xref linkend="dashboard-system-requirements"/>. Also, the dashboard
-    relies on functional core services including Identity, Image service,
-    Compute, and either Networking (neutron) or legacy networking
-    (nova-network). Environments with stand-alone services such as Object
-    Storage cannot use the dashboard. For more information, see the
+  <para>The dashboard relies on functional core services including
+    Identity, Image service, Compute, and either Networking (neutron)
+    or legacy networking (nova-network). Environments with
+    stand-alone services such as Object Storage cannot use the
+    dashboard. For more information, see the
     <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/developer/horizon/topics/deployment.html">developer documentation</link>.</para>
   <para>This section assumes proper installation, configuration, and
       operation of the Identity service using the Apache HTTP server and
diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55389aacc7..0000000000
--- a/doc/install-guide/section_dashboard-system-reqs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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-system-requirements">
-    <title>System requirements</title>
-    <para>Before you install the OpenStack dashboard, you must meet
-        the following system requirements:</para>
-    <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-            <para>OpenStack Compute installation. Enable the Identity
-                Service for user and project management.</para>
-            <para>Note the URLs of the Identity Service and Compute
-                endpoints.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-            <para>Identity Service user with sudo privileges. Because
-                Apache does not serve content from a root user, users
-                must run the dashboard as an Identity Service user
-                with sudo privileges.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-            <para>Python 2.7.
-                The Python version must support
-                Django. The Python version should run on any
-                system, including Mac OS X. Installation prerequisites
-                might differ by platform.</para>
-        </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-    <para>Then, install and configure the dashboard on a node that
-        can contact the Identity Service.</para>
-    <para>Provide users with the following information so that they
-        can access the dashboard through a web browser on their local
-        machine:</para>
-    <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-            <para>The public IP address from which they can access the
-                dashboard</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-            <para>The user name and password with which they can
-                access the dashboard</para>
-        </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-    <para>Your web browser, and that of your users,
-         must support HTML5 and have cookies and
-        JavaScript enabled.</para>
-    <note>
-        <para>To use the VNC client with the dashboard, the browser
-            must support HTML5 Canvas and HTML5 WebSockets.</para>
-        <para>For details about browsers that support noVNC, see <link
-                xlink:href="https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/blob/master/README.md"
-                >https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/blob/master/README.md</link>,
-            and <link
-                xlink:href="https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support"
-                >https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support</link>,
-            respectively.</para>
-    </note>
-</section>