diff --git a/contrib/terraform/openstack/README.md b/contrib/terraform/openstack/README.md
index 1e9975588366ab1e40cce99f662f2b18964e07e8..57e9f370f9d0abada2d4f1cf28eba243f4cd7fe4 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/openstack/README.md
+++ b/contrib/terraform/openstack/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ For your cluster, edit `inventory/$CLUSTER/cluster.tfvars`.
 |Variable | Description |
 |---------|-------------|
 |`cluster_name` | All OpenStack resources will use the Terraform variable`cluster_name` (default`example`) in their name to make it easier to track. For example the first compute resource will be named`example-kubernetes-1`. |
+|`az_list` | List of Availability Zones available in your OpenStack cluster. |
 |`network_name` | The name to be given to the internal network that will be generated |
 |`network_dns_domain` | (Optional) The dns_domain for the internal network that will be generated |
 |`dns_nameservers`| An array of DNS name server names to be used by hosts in the internal subnet. |
diff --git a/contrib/terraform/openstack/sample-inventory/cluster.tfvars b/contrib/terraform/openstack/sample-inventory/cluster.tfvars
index 1854e1fba2c31bae6c8873a012c8f56f554c1a28..c27d6972361fbe89d7b683250bf72fa3b2a785e6 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/openstack/sample-inventory/cluster.tfvars
+++ b/contrib/terraform/openstack/sample-inventory/cluster.tfvars
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # your Kubernetes cluster name here
 cluster_name = "i-didnt-read-the-docs"
 
+# list of availability zones available in your OpenStack cluster
+#az_list = ["nova"]
+
 # SSH key to use for access to nodes
 public_key_path = "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"