diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/run-replicated-stateful-application.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/run-replicated-stateful-application.md
index 36e5334f3d..893ef463db 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/run-replicated-stateful-application.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/run-replicated-stateful-application.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ on general patterns for running stateful applications in Kubernetes.
   [ConfigMaps](/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-pod-configmap/).
 * Some familiarity with MySQL helps, but this tutorial aims to present
   general patterns that should be useful for other systems.
+* You are using the default namespace or another namespace that does not contain any conflicting objects.
 
 
 
@@ -540,4 +541,3 @@ kubectl delete pvc data-mysql-4
 
 
 
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