diff --git a/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/federation.md b/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/federation.md
index 70ae16791c..e286abdbb1 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/federation.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/federation.md
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ users in the event of a cluster failure), then you need to have `R * (U + 1)` cl
 (`U + 1` in each of `R` regions).  In any case, try to put each cluster in a different zone.
 
 Finally, if any of your clusters would need more than the maximum recommended number of nodes for a Kubernetes cluster, then
-you may need even more clusters.  Kubernetes v1.3 supports clusters up to 1000 nodes in size.
+you may need even more clusters.  Kubernetes v1.3 supports clusters up to 1000 nodes in size. Kubernetes v1.8 supports
+clusters up to 5000 nodes. See [Building Large Clusters](/docs/admin/cluster-large/) for more guidance.
 
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