diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/service.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/service.md
index aa20384891..1428be2533 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/service.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/service.md
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ where it's running, by adding an Endpoints object manually:
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Endpoints
 metadata:
+  # the name here should match the name of the Service
   name: my-service
 subsets:
   - addresses:
@@ -203,6 +204,10 @@ subsets:
 The name of the Endpoints object must be a valid
 [DNS subdomain name](/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#dns-subdomain-names).
 
+When you create an [Endpoints](docs/reference/kubernetes-api/service-resources/endpoints-v1/)
+object for a Service, you set the name of the new object to be the same as that
+of the Service.
+
 {{< note >}}
 The endpoint IPs _must not_ be: loopback (127.0.0.0/8 for IPv4, ::1/128 for IPv6), or
 link-local (169.254.0.0/16 and 224.0.0.0/24 for IPv4, fe80::/64 for IPv6).