diff --git a/doc/source/dist_cloud/kubernetes/rehoming-a-subcloud.rst b/doc/source/dist_cloud/kubernetes/rehoming-a-subcloud.rst
index 63114bd89..d45e3d2ea 100644
--- a/doc/source/dist_cloud/kubernetes/rehoming-a-subcloud.rst
+++ b/doc/source/dist_cloud/kubernetes/rehoming-a-subcloud.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ controller using the rehoming playbook.
     The system time should be accurately configured on the system controllers
     and the subcloud's controllers before rehoming the subcloud.
 
+.. note::
+
+    The system controllers and subclouds must run the same software versions. For
+    rehoming N-1 subclouds to another system controller running N software
+    release, refer to :ref:`deploy-restore-and-manage-subclouds-of-previous-release-5e986615cb4b`.
+
 .. note::
 
     When using parallel rehoming on subclouds, the rehoming duration may result