diff --git a/website/source/guides/hcl/variables/index.html.md.erb b/website/source/guides/hcl/variables/index.html.md.erb index 8ba9a4b1f..ee7d6a701 100644 --- a/website/source/guides/hcl/variables/index.html.md.erb +++ b/website/source/guides/hcl/variables/index.html.md.erb @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Local variables can be a compound of input variables and local variables. Let's create a file `variables.pkr.hcl` with the following contents. -> **Note**: that the file can be named anything, since Packer loads all -files ending in `.pkr.hcl` in a directory. +files ending in `.pkr.hcl` in a directory. If you split your configuration +across multiple files, use `packer build ` to initiate +a build. ```hcl # variables.pkr.hcl