diff --git a/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/guestbook/frontend-deployment.yaml b/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/guestbook/frontend-deployment.yaml
index 1888836b3c..340cb04d70 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/guestbook/frontend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/guestbook/frontend-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: GET_HOSTS_FROM
           value: dns
-          # If your cluster config does not include a dns service, then to
-          # instead access environment variables to find service host
-          # info, comment out the 'value: dns' line above, and uncomment the
-          # line below:
+          # Using `GET_HOSTS_FROM=dns` requires your cluster to
+          # provide a dns service. As of Kubernetes 1.3, DNS is a built-in
+          # service launched automatically. However, if the cluster you are using
+          # does not have a built-in DNS service, you can instead
+          # instead access an environment variable to find the master
+          # service's host. To do so, comment out the 'value: dns' line above, and
+          # uncomment the line below:
           # value: env
         ports:
         - containerPort: 80
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/guestbook/redis-slave-deployment.yaml b/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/guestbook/redis-slave-deployment.yaml
index 2bea4a5134..3ff33c998e 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/guestbook/redis-slave-deployment.yaml
+++ b/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/guestbook/redis-slave-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: GET_HOSTS_FROM
           value: dns
-          # If your cluster config does not include a dns service, then to
+          # Using `GET_HOSTS_FROM=dns` requires your cluster to
+          # provide a dns service. As of Kubernetes 1.3, DNS is a built-in
+          # service launched automatically. However, if the cluster you are using
+          # does not have a built-in DNS service, you can instead
           # instead access an environment variable to find the master
-          # service's host, comment out the 'value: dns' line above, and
+          # service's host. To do so, comment out the 'value: dns' line above, and
           # uncomment the line below:
           # value: env
         ports: