diff --git a/src/main/docs/guide/applicationProfile.adoc b/src/main/docs/guide/applicationProfile.adoc
index 90f11eb..3fc88f7 100644
--- a/src/main/docs/guide/applicationProfile.adoc
+++ b/src/main/docs/guide/applicationProfile.adoc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ You can optionally specify a http://docs.grails.org/latest/guide/profiles.html[P
 
 To view of a list of what profiles are available, use the http://docs.grails.org/latest/ref/Command%20Line/list-profiles.html[`list-profiles`] command.
 
+*Please note this command `grails list-profiles` must be run from outside of the directory for the Grails project you created in the last step.*
+
 [source, bash]
 ----
 $ grails list-profiles