diff --git a/doc/source/advanced_deployment/profile_matching.rst b/doc/source/advanced_deployment/profile_matching.rst
index df854044..54f8a857 100644
--- a/doc/source/advanced_deployment/profile_matching.rst
+++ b/doc/source/advanced_deployment/profile_matching.rst
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ instead add the profile "tags" manually. The example below will add the
 Create flavors to use advanced matching
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+Default profile flavors should have been created when the undercloud was
+installed, and they will be usable without modification in most environments.
+However, if custom profile flavors are needed, they can be created as follows.
+
 In order to use the profiles assigned to the Ironic nodes, Nova needs to have
 flavors that have the property "capabilities:profile" set to the intended profile.
 
diff --git a/doc/source/basic_deployment/basic_deployment_cli.rst b/doc/source/basic_deployment/basic_deployment_cli.rst
index 2eb44956..30169958 100644
--- a/doc/source/basic_deployment/basic_deployment_cli.rst
+++ b/doc/source/basic_deployment/basic_deployment_cli.rst
@@ -263,13 +263,18 @@ Do not forget to make nodes available for deployment afterwards::
 
     ironic node-set-provision-state UUID provide
 
-Create Flavors
+Flavor Details
 --------------
 
-Create the necessary flavor::
+The undercloud will have a number of default flavors created at install time.
+In most cases these flavors do not need to be modified, but they can be if
+desired.  By default, all overcloud instances will be booted with the
+``baremetal`` flavor, so all baremetal nodes must have at least as much
+memory, disk, and cpu as that flavor.
 
-    openstack flavor create --id auto --ram 4096 --disk 40 --vcpus 1 baremetal
-    openstack flavor set --property "cpu_arch"="x86_64" --property "capabilities:boot_option"="local" baremetal
+In addition, there are profile-specific flavors created which can be used with
+the profile-matching feature of Ironic.  For more details on deploying with
+profiles, see :doc:`../advanced_deployment/profile_matching`.
 
 Configure a nameserver for the Overcloud
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