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 Command-Line Interface Reference
 ================================
 
+Users can interact with designate using the Openstack client via the
+commands provided by the `designate plugin`_
+
 Information on the commands available through Designate's Command Line
 Interface (CLI) can be found in this section.
 
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    designate-manage
    designate-status
+
+.. _designate plugin: https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/latest/cli/plugin-commands/designate.html