diff --git a/doc/asciidoc/swiftonhpss_deploy.txt b/doc/asciidoc/swiftonhpss_deploy.txt
index dc0bafe..5ab07a2 100644
--- a/doc/asciidoc/swiftonhpss_deploy.txt
+++ b/doc/asciidoc/swiftonhpss_deploy.txt
@@ -147,11 +147,13 @@ Install memcached, start the service and make it run on startup.
 [[X4]]
 Install Keystone (if not already existing)
 ------------------------------------------
-IF YOU DO NOT HAVE KEYSTONE YET:
-
 Install OpenStack Keystone, and deploy it following
 this guide: https://docs.openstack.org/kilo/install-guide/yum/content/keystone-install.html
 
+This does not have to be on the same machine that SwiftOnHPSS is on, but it does
+need to be installed on an HPSS client machine if the HPSS Keystone driver is
+desired to use HPSS identities with Swift.
+
 After installing Keystone and verifying that it works using that guide,
 create the service entity and API endpoint, but don't create any users or
 projects yet if the HPSS-specific Keystone backend is desired.
@@ -519,4 +521,4 @@ automatically installed along with the rest of the system.
 
 For further reading on how the Swift object storage system works and how to do
 further customization, see:
-https://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/index.html
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+https://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/index.html