diff --git a/docs/recover-control-plane.md b/docs/recover-control-plane.md
index 0b80da271dc4e3f10f44cd69990e4800f6eab6a2..9174789cfa0fb78d2ce1d0b53a98e633da2aadb9 100644
--- a/docs/recover-control-plane.md
+++ b/docs/recover-control-plane.md
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 
 To recover from broken nodes in the control plane use the "recover\-control\-plane.yml" playbook.
 
-* Backup what you can
-* Provision new nodes to replace the broken ones
-* Place the surviving nodes of the control plane first in the "etcd" and "kube\_control\_plane" groups
-* Add the new nodes below the surviving control plane nodes in the "etcd" and "kube\_control\_plane" groups
-
 Examples of what broken means in this context:
 
 * One or more bare metal node(s) suffer from unrecoverable hardware failure
@@ -19,8 +14,12 @@ __Note that you need at least one functional node to be able to recover using th
 
 ## Runbook
 
+* Backup what you can
+* Provision new nodes to replace the broken ones
 * Move any broken etcd nodes into the "broken\_etcd" group, make sure the "etcd\_member\_name" variable is set.
 * Move any broken control plane nodes into the "broken\_kube\_control\_plane" group.
+* Place the surviving nodes of the control plane first in the "etcd" and "kube\_control\_plane" groups
+* Add the new nodes below the surviving control plane nodes in the "etcd" and "kube\_control\_plane" groups
 
 Then run the playbook with ```--limit etcd,kube_control_plane``` and increase the number of ETCD retries by setting ```-e etcd_retries=10``` or something even larger. The amount of retries required is difficult to predict.
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ The playbook attempts to figure out it the etcd quorum is intact. If quorum is l
 ## Caveats
 
 * The playbook has only been tested with fairly small etcd databases.
-* If your new control plane nodes have new ip addresses you may have to change settings in various places.
 * There may be disruptions while running the playbook.
 * There are absolutely no guarantees.
 
diff --git a/roles/recover_control_plane/etcd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/recover_control_plane/etcd/tasks/main.yml
index 66dbc8b6deca2a76502880b93cd3afbad03ca291..599f56b15060611d1098369db234e9af52ffe1dd 100644
--- a/roles/recover_control_plane/etcd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/recover_control_plane/etcd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
   with_items: "{{ groups['broken_etcd'] }}"
   ignore_errors: true  # noqa ignore-errors
+  ignore_unreachable: true
   when:
     - groups['broken_etcd']
     - has_quorum