diff --git a/doc/source/dev/kubernetes-load-balancer.rst b/doc/source/dev/kubernetes-load-balancer.rst
index d1e3a16853..34360ecc01 100644
--- a/doc/source/dev/kubernetes-load-balancer.rst
+++ b/doc/source/dev/kubernetes-load-balancer.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ perform the following steps:
     - --cloud_config=/etc/sysconfig/kube_openstack_config
     - --cloud_provider=openstack
 
+   When the file is saved, the pod will automatically restart the
+   kube-controller-manager container to pick up the change.
+
 3. Enter OpenStack user credential::
 
     sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/kube_openstack_config
@@ -124,12 +127,6 @@ perform the following steps:
     sudo service kube-apiserver restart
     service kube-apiserver status
 
-5. Restart the kube-controller-manager container::
-
-    KUBE_CONTROLLER=$(sudo docker ps | awk '/k8s_kube-controller/{print $1}')
-    sudo docker restart $KUBE_CONTROLLER
-    sudo docker inspect $KUBE_CONTROLLER
-
 This only needs to be done once.  The steps can be reversed to disable the
 load balancer feature. Before deleting the Kubernetes cluster, make sure to
 delete all the services that created load balancers. Because the Neutron
@@ -245,10 +242,14 @@ Finally associate the floating IP with the port of the VIP::
 
     neutron floatingip-associate $FLOATING_ID $PORT_ID
 
-The endpoint for nginx can now be accessed at this floating IP::
+The endpoint for nginx can now be accessed on a browser at this floating IP::
 
     http://172.24.4.78:80
 
+Alternatively, you can check for the nginx 'welcome' message by::
+
+    curl http://172.24.4.78:80
+
 NOTE: it is not necessary to indicate port :80 here but it is shown to
 correlate with the port that was specified in the service manifest.
 
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-master.sh b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-master.sh
index 442dce144c..0d6308b585 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-master.sh
+++ b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-master.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ _EOC_
 
 sed -i '
   /^KUBELET_ADDRESSES=/ s/=.*/="--machines='""'"/
-  /^KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS=/ s/KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS.*/#Uncomment the following line to enable Kubernetes Load Balancer feature \n#KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS="--cloud_config=\/etc\/sysconfig\/kube_openstack_config --cloud_provider=openstack"/
+  /^KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS=/ s/KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS.*/#Uncomment the following line to enable Kubernetes Load Balancer feature \n#KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS="--cloud-config=\/etc\/sysconfig\/kube_openstack_config --cloud-provider=openstack"/
 ' /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager
 
 KUBELET_ARGS="--register-node=true --register-schedulable=false --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --hostname-override=$KUBE_NODE_IP"
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
index 4dcff6cedd..997b182d76 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
+++ b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/configure-kubernetes-minion.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ sed -i '
   /^KUBE_MASTER=/ s|=.*|="--master='"$KUBE_MASTER_URI"'"|
 ' /etc/kubernetes/config
 
+# NOTE:  Kubernetes plugin for Openstack requires that the node name registered
+# in the kube-apiserver be the same as the Nova name of the instance, so that
+# the plugin can use the name to query for attributes such as IP, etc.
+# The hostname of the node is set to be the Nova name of the instance, and
+# the option --hostname-override for kubelet uses the hostname to register the node.
+# Using any other name will break the load balancer and cinder volume features.
 HOSTNAME=$(hostname --short | sed 's/\.novalocal//')
-KUBELET_ARGS="--config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --cadvisor-port=4194 ${KUBE_CONFIG}"
+KUBELET_ARGS="--config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests --cadvisor-port=4194 ${KUBE_CONFIG} --hostname-override=${HOSTNAME}"
 
 if [ -n "${INSECURE_REGISTRY_URL}" ]; then
     KUBELET_ARGS="${KUBELET_ARGS} --pod-infra-container-image=${INSECURE_REGISTRY_URL}/google_containers/pause\:0.8.0"
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ sed -i '
   /^KUBELET_ADDRESS=/ s/=.*/="--address=0.0.0.0"/
   /^KUBELET_HOSTNAME=/ s/=.*/=""/
   /^KUBELET_API_SERVER=/ s|=.*|="--api_servers='"$KUBE_MASTER_URI"'"|
-  /^KUBELET_ARGS=/ s|=.*|="'"${KUBELET_ARGS}"' --hostname-override='"${KUBE_NODE_IP}"'"|
+  /^KUBELET_ARGS=/ s|=.*|="'"${KUBELET_ARGS}"'"|
 ' /etc/kubernetes/kubelet
 
 sed -i '
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ tenant-name=$TENANT_NAME
 EOF
 
 cat << _EOC_ >> /etc/kubernetes/kubelet
-#KUBELET_ARGS="$KUBELET_ARGS --hostname-override=${HOSTNAME} --cloud-provider=openstack --cloud-config=/etc/kubernetes/kube_openstack_config"
+#KUBELET_ARGS="$KUBELET_ARGS --cloud-provider=openstack --cloud-config=/etc/kubernetes/kube_openstack_config"
 _EOC_
 
     if [ ! -f /usr/bin/udevadm ]; then
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/write-kube-os-config.sh b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/write-kube-os-config.sh
index 8e3cfc66ed..c5b53145f0 100644
--- a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/write-kube-os-config.sh
+++ b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/fragments/write-kube-os-config.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 KUBE_OS_CLOUD_CONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/kube_openstack_config
 
 # kubernetes backend only support keystone v2 at this point
-AUTH_URL=$(echo "$AUTH_URL" | sed 's/v3/v2/')
+AUTH_URL=$(echo "$AUTH_URL" | sed 's/v3/v2.0/')
 
 # Generate a the configuration for Kubernetes services
 # to talk to OpenStack Neutron