diff --git a/create-local-repo.sh b/create-local-repo.sh
index 2d7a116..a271c14 100755
--- a/create-local-repo.sh
+++ b/create-local-repo.sh
@@ -70,3 +70,11 @@ echo -e "* An empty 'hosts' inventory along with empty 'group_vars' and 'files'"
 echo -e "  directories have also been prepared; edit these as required."
 echo -e "* You may use the 'update-remote.sh' script in this new repository to keep your"
 echo -e "  copy of pvc-ansible updated, or use normal git commands to do so."
+echo -e "* IMPORTANT: Whenever Ansible creates a new cluster, or if you do so manually,"
+echo -e "  you must move the files from 'pvc-ansible/files/' to 'files/', AND replace"
+echo -e "  them with a symlink like so:"
+echo -e "    cd pvc-ansible/files/"
+echo -e "    mv cluster ../../files/"
+echo -e "    ln -s ../../files/cluster"
+echo -e "  If you do not do so, the files will not be committed and future runs of the"
+echo -e "  playbooks will not work properly due to how Ansible looks up files."