diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
index df2e631f9f..f623677c29 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.</screen>
 
     <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ssh kpasswd.freebsd.org</userinput></screen>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>This must be done from a machine outside of the &os;.org
+	cluster.</para>
+    </note>
+
     <para>A Kerberos password can also be set manually
       by logging into <systemitem
 	class="fqdomainname">freefall.FreeBSD.org</systemitem> and