diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8338a4475..a0bc34072 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ Nova, Keystone, Glance, etc. up and running.
 
 .. _Devstack: http://devstack.org/
 
+.. note::
+
+    The minimum required set of OpenStack services running includes the
+    following:
+
+    * Nova (compute, api, scheduler, *and* volume services)
+    * Glance
+    * Keystone
+
+    Optional support is provided for Swift.
+
 
 Development
 ===========
diff --git a/docs/source/quickstart.rst b/docs/source/quickstart.rst
index 4cd33c86b..df64abe8c 100644
--- a/docs/source/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/source/quickstart.rst
@@ -28,9 +28,20 @@ Alternately specify the listen IP and port::
 Once the Horizon server is running point a web browser to http://localhost:8000
 or to the IP and port the server is listening.
 
-note:: The ``DevStack`` project (http://devstack.org/) can be used to install
+.. note:: The ``DevStack`` project (http://devstack.org/) can be used to install
 an OpenStack development environment from scratch.
 
+.. note::
+
+    The minimum required set of OpenStack services running includes the
+    following:
+
+    * Nova (compute, api, scheduler, *and* volume services)
+    * Glance
+    * Keystone
+
+    Optional support is provided for Swift.
+
 Horizon's Structure
 ===================