diff --git a/docs/ansible.md b/docs/ansible.md
index 60480a608..1d2946d58 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.md
+++ b/docs/ansible.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 This playbook is meant to be run using [Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/).
 
+Ansible typically runs on your local computer and carries out tasks on a remote server.
+If your local computer cannot run Ansible, you can also run Ansible on some server somewhere (including the server you wish to install to).
+
 
 ## Supported Ansible versions
 
@@ -57,4 +60,4 @@ If you don't use SSH keys for authentication, simply remove that whole line (`-v
 Once you execute the above command, you'll be dropped into a `/work` directory inside a Docker container.
 The `/work` directory contains the playbook's code.
 
-You can execute `ansible-playbook` commands as per normal now.
\ No newline at end of file
+You can execute `ansible-playbook` commands as per normal now.
diff --git a/examples/hosts b/examples/hosts
index 75d68ef69..1f1a6e729 100644
--- a/examples/hosts
+++ b/examples/hosts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [matrix-servers]
-matrix.<your-domain> ansible_host=<your-server's IP address> ansible_ssh_user=root
+matrix.<your-domain> ansible_host=<your-server's external IP address> ansible_ssh_user=root