diff --git a/docs/deployment/docker.md b/docs/deployment/docker.md
index 745a27059..fcd3c583e 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/docker.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/docker.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: livebook-loadbalancer
 spec:
-  type: LoadBalancer
+  type: ClusterIP
   ports:
     - port: 8080
       targetPort: 8080
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: livebook
 spec:
-  replicas: 3
+  # When deploying Livebook for authoring notebooks to Kubernetes,
+  # the number of replicas must be 1, since Livebook considers you
+  # will assign one instance per user.
+  replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: livebook
@@ -134,6 +137,8 @@ data:
   LIVEBOOK_COOKIE: <base64_encoded_password>
 ```
 
+The setup above does not set up a data directory, which means once you restart the instance, any configuration will be lost. If you have a persistent volume, you can point the `LIVEBOOK_DATA_PATH` environment variable to it.
+
 ## Deploy notebooks as applications
 
 It is possible to deploy any notebook as an application in Livebook. Inside the notebook, open up the Application pane on the sidebar (with a rocket icon), click "Manual Docker deployment", and follow the required steps.