diff --git a/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3.md b/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3.md
index 49e34b0267..0ea84af7ba 100644
--- a/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3.md
+++ b/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3.md
@@ -659,10 +659,10 @@ services:
 
 > Added in [version 3](compose-versioning.md#version-3) file format.
 
-Specify configuration related to the deployment and running of services. This
-only takes effect when deploying to a [swarm](../../engine/swarm/index.md) with
+Specify configuration related to the deployment and running of services. The following  
+sub-options only takes effect when deploying to a [swarm](../../engine/swarm/index.md) with
 [docker stack deploy](../../engine/reference/commandline/stack_deploy.md), and is
-ignored by `docker-compose up` and `docker-compose run`.
+ignored by `docker-compose up` and `docker-compose run`, except for `resources`.
 
 ```yaml
 version: "{{ site.compose_file_v3 }}"