diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/tasks/clusters/creating-a-cluster/create-cluster-custom/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/tasks/clusters/creating-a-cluster/create-cluster-custom/_index.md
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--- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/tasks/clusters/creating-a-cluster/create-cluster-custom/_index.md
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@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ If you have configured your cluster to use Amazon as **Cloud Provider**, tag you
 
 [Amazon Documentation: Tagging Your Amazon EC2 Resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_Tags.html)
 
+>**Note:** You can use Amazon EC2 instances without configuring a cloud provider in Kubernetes. You only have to configure the cloud provider if you want to use specific Kubernetes cloud provider functionality. For more information, see [Kubernetes Cloud Providers](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/cloud-providers/)	
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+
 The following resources need to tagged with a `ClusterID`:
 
 - **Nodes**: All hosts added in Rancher.