diff --git a/docs/user-guide/troubleshooting.md b/docs/user-guide/troubleshooting.md
index 313741c66ca20818a846d9ad2b5ab5e7e9c969d0..2b55ba6f369391e2c15963c6cc6124bb0adfd624 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/troubleshooting.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+<!--
+-----------------NOTICE------------------------
+This file is referenced in code as
+https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/blob/master/docs/user-guide/troubleshooting.md
+Do not move it without providing redirects.
+-----------------------------------------------
+-->
+
 # Troubleshooting
 
 ## Authentication to the Kubernetes API Server
diff --git a/src/app/backend/dashboard.go b/src/app/backend/dashboard.go
index 23f35e6b9609efbb1ea79f4aed17662c7963d726..89e1a9ac33b70d032ee8cfc2052e0ccd667366f1 100644
--- a/src/app/backend/dashboard.go
+++ b/src/app/backend/dashboard.go
@@ -88,5 +88,7 @@ func handleFatalInitError(err error) {
 	log.Fatalf("Error while initializing connection to Kubernetes apiserver. "+
 		"This most likely means that the cluster is misconfigured (e.g., it has "+
 		"invalid apiserver certificates or service accounts configuration) or the "+
-		"--apiserver-host param points to a server that does not exist. Reason: %s", err)
+		"--apiserver-host param points to a server that does not exist. Reason: %s\n"+
+		"Refer to the troubleshooting guide for more information: "+
+		"https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/blob/master/docs/user-guide/troubleshooting.md", err)
 }