diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_solo.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_solo.html.md
index 68af02702..4b8027d26 100644
--- a/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_solo.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_solo.html.md
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ root if a relative path is given.
 
 **Note:** The name of the role file must be the same as the role name. 
 For example the `web` role must be in the `roles_path` as web.json or web.rb.
+This is required by Chef itself, and isn't a limitation imposed by
+Vagrant.
 
 ## Data Bags