diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/discovery-client.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/discovery-client.adoc
index 8b639fd0..c191751c 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/discovery-client.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/discovery-client.adoc
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.enabled=false
 Some Spring Cloud components use the `DiscoveryClient` in order to obtain information about the local service instance. For
 this to work, you need to align the Kubernetes service name with the `spring.application.name` property.
 
+NOTE:  `spring.application.name` has no effect as far as the name registered for the application within Kubernetes
+
 Spring Cloud Kubernetes can also watch the Kubernetes service catalog for changes and update the
 `DiscoveryClient` implementation accordingly.  In order to enable this functionality you need to add
 `@EnableScheduling` on a configuration class in your application.