diff --git a/docs/reporters.md b/docs/reporters.md
index b46d260b2..46688328e 100644
--- a/docs/reporters.md
+++ b/docs/reporters.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ The `automate` reporter type is a special reporter used with [Chef Automate](htt
 Example config:
 
 ```json
+
 {
     "reporter": {
         "automate" : {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ This will be the node name which shows up in Automate.
 
 #### node_uuid
 
-This will be the node UUID which shows up in Automate. You will want to use a single static UUID per node for all your reports.
+This will be the node UUID which shows up in Automate. You will want to use a single static UUID per node for all your reports. If you are running Inspec outside of an audit cookbook or other environment where a chef_guid or node_uuid is already known to Inspec, you must specify a node_uuid in the Inspec config.
 
 #### environment