diff --git a/docs/ansible.md b/docs/ansible.md
index 0ecb8c3ee..fc74aa707 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.md
+++ b/docs/ansible.md
@@ -8,20 +8,39 @@ The inventory is composed of 3 groups:
 
 * **kube-node** : list of kubernetes nodes where the pods will run.
 * **kube-master** : list of servers where kubernetes master components (apiserver, scheduler, controller) will run.
-  Note: if you want the server to act both as master and node the server must be defined on both groups _kube-master_ and _kube-node_
 * **etcd**: list of server to compose the etcd server. you should have at least 3 servers for failover purposes.
 
+Note: do not modify the children of _k8s-cluster_, like putting
+the _etcd_ group into the _k8s-cluster_, unless you are certain
+to do that and you have it fully contained in the latter:
+
+```
+k8s-cluster ⊂ etcd => kube-node ∩ etcd = etcd
+```
+
+When _kube-node_ contains _etcd_, you define your etcd cluster to be as well schedulable for Kubernetes workloads.
+If you want it a standalone, make sure those groups do not intersect.
+If you want the server to act both as master and node, the server must be defined
+on both groups _kube-master_ and _kube-node_. If you want a standalone and
+unschedulable master, the server must be defined only in the _kube-master_ and
+not _kube-node_.
+
+There are also two special groups:
+
+* **calico-rr**  : explained for [advanced Calico networking cases](docs/calico.md)
+* **bastion** : configure a bastion host if your nodes are not directly reachable
+
 Below is a complete inventory example:
 
 ```
 ## Configure 'ip' variable to bind kubernetes services on a
 ## different ip than the default iface
-node1 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.12  # ip=10.3.0.1
-node2 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.13  # ip=10.3.0.2
-node3 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.14  # ip=10.3.0.3
-node4 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.15  # ip=10.3.0.4
-node5 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.16  # ip=10.3.0.5
-node6 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.17  # ip=10.3.0.6
+node1 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.12 ip=10.3.0.1
+node2 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.13 ip=10.3.0.2
+node3 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.14 ip=10.3.0.3
+node4 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.15 ip=10.3.0.4
+node5 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.16 ip=10.3.0.5
+node6 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.17 ip=10.3.0.6
 
 [kube-master]
 node1
@@ -42,7 +61,6 @@ node6
 [k8s-cluster:children]
 kube-node
 kube-master
-etcd
 ```
 
 Group vars and overriding variables precedence
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index c15ed2975..906f78c07 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -23,10 +23,36 @@ Building your own inventory
 
 Ansible inventory can be stored in 3 formats: YAML, JSON, or inifile. There is
 an example inventory located
-[here](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kargo/blob/master/inventory/inventory.example).
+[here](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kargo/blob/master/inventory/inventory.example):
 
-You can use an
+```
+cp -r inventory my_inventory
+cp my_inventory/inventory.example my_inventory/inventory.cfg
+# edit the inventory file as needed
+```
+
+Or you can use an
 [inventory generator](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kargo/blob/master/contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py)
 to create or modify an Ansible inventory. Currently, it is limited in
 functionality and is only use for making a basic Kargo cluster, but it does
-support creating large clusters.
+support creating large clusters. For example:
+
+```
+cp -r inventory my_inventory
+declare -a IPS=(10.10.1.3 10.10.1.4 10.10.1.5)
+CONFIG_FILE=my_inventory/inventory.cfg python3 contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py ${IPS}
+```
+
+Starting custom deployment
+--------------------------
+
+Once you have an inventory, you may want to customize deployment data vars
+and start the deployment:
+
+```
+# Edit my_inventory/groups_vars/*.yaml to override data vars
+ansible-playbook -i my_inventory/inventory.cfg cluster.yaml -b -v \
+  --private-key=~/.ssh/private_key
+```
+
+See more details in the [ansible guide](ansible.md).
diff --git a/inventory/inventory.example b/inventory/inventory.example
index 1d10cdce0..13cc3612e 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory.example
+++ b/inventory/inventory.example
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # node5 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.16  # ip=10.3.0.5
 # node6 ansible_ssh_host=95.54.0.17  # ip=10.3.0.6
 
-# ## configure a bastion host if your nodes are not publicly reachable
+# ## configure a bastion host if your nodes are not directly reachable
 # bastion ansible_ssh_host=x.x.x.x
 
 # [kube-master]