diff --git a/doc/source/basic_deployment/basic_deployment_cli.rst b/doc/source/basic_deployment/basic_deployment_cli.rst
index 8d7c8b5f..7d95b204 100644
--- a/doc/source/basic_deployment/basic_deployment_cli.rst
+++ b/doc/source/basic_deployment/basic_deployment_cli.rst
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ Register nodes for your deployment with Ironic::
    If you're running an old (stable/liberty or older) tripleoclient version
    however then you must specify --json explicitly and only use that format.
 
+.. note::
+   The file format for node import is documented, see :ref:`instackenv`.
+
 .. note::
    It's not recommended to delete nodes and/or rerun this command after
    you have proceeded to the next steps. Particularly, if you start introspection