diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md
index 0cc28fb547..a02a829471 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ a building block.  kops builds on the kubeadm work.
 
 ### (1/5) Install kops
 
+#### Requirements
+
+You must have [kubectl](http://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/kubectl/) installed in order for kops to work.
+
+#### Installation
+
 Download kops from the [releases page](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/releases) (it is also easy to build from source):
 
 On MacOS: