diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md b/content/en/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md
index 81b3897576..77ed8f5990 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md
@@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ Then, on the node being removed, reset all kubeadm installed state:
 kubeadm reset
 ```
 
+The reset process does not reset or clean up iptables rules or IPVS tables. If you wish to reset iptables, you must do so manually:
+
+```bash
+iptables -F && iptables -t nat -F && iptables -t mangle -F && iptables -X
+```
+
 If you wish to start over simply run `kubeadm init` or `kubeadm join` with the
 appropriate arguments.