diff --git a/doc/source/node_management/kubernetes/node_interfaces/provisioning-sr-iov-interfaces-using-the-cli.rst b/doc/source/node_management/kubernetes/node_interfaces/provisioning-sr-iov-interfaces-using-the-cli.rst
index ddf221450..4de4474ae 100644
--- a/doc/source/node_management/kubernetes/node_interfaces/provisioning-sr-iov-interfaces-using-the-cli.rst
+++ b/doc/source/node_management/kubernetes/node_interfaces/provisioning-sr-iov-interfaces-using-the-cli.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ See |datanet-doc|: :ref:`Add Data Networks using the CLI
 
 #.  Lock the host to which you will assign the label.
 
+    .. note::
+       AIO-SX hosts do not need to be locked to assign an |SRIOV| interface to
+       a data network.
+
     For example:
 
     .. code-block:: none