diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/cfg_network_bond.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/cfg_network_bond.rst
index ad3bdd89c..d7360b127 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/cfg_network_bond.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/cfg_network_bond.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ The following example set the xCAT properties for compute node ``cn1`` to create
 
   * Compute node ``cn1`` has two physical NICs: eth2 and eth3  
   * Bond eth2 and eth3 as ``bond0`` 
+  * Assign ip ``40.0.0.1`` to the bonded interface ``bond0`` 
 
 Define attributes in the ``nics`` table
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -18,15 +19,15 @@ Define attributes in the ``nics`` table
    
     b. Define ``bond0`` and bond ``eth2`` and ``eth3`` as ``bond0`` ::
 
-        chdef cn1 nictypes.bond0=bond \
-                  nicdevices.bond0="eth2|eth3"
+        chdef cn1 nictypes.bond0=bond nicdevices.bond0="eth2|eth3"
+        chdef cn1 nicips.bond0=40.0.0.1
 
 Add network object into the networks table
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Use the ``chdef`` command to add/modify the networks in the ``networks`` table ::
 
-    chdef -t network net40 net=20.0.0.0 mask=255.0.0.0 mgtifname=eth1
+    chdef -t network net40 net=40.0.0.0 mask=255.0.0.0 mgtifname=eth1
     chdef cn1 nicnetworks.bond0=net40
 
 Add ``confignetwork`` into the node's postscripts list