diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-commons.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-commons.adoc
index 20114c22..222df979 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-commons.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-commons.adoc
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ If your application needs any application-specific configuration from the server
 In order for the property `spring.application.name` to be used as the application's context ID you
 must set it in `bootstrap.[properties | yml]`.
 
+If you want to retrieve specific profile configuration, you should also set `spring.profiles.active` in `bootstrap.[properties | yml]`.
+
 You can disable the bootstrap process completely by setting `spring.cloud.bootstrap.enabled=false` (for example, in system properties).
 
 === Application Context Hierarchies