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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pieces of information:
 
 The usage of these fields varies depending on your cloud provider or bare metal configuration.
 
-* HostName: Generally not used
+* HostName: The hostname as reported by the node's kernel. Can be overriden via the kubelet `--hostname-override` parameter.
 
 * ExternalIP: Generally the IP address of the node that is externally routable (available from outside the cluster)