diff --git a/content/manuals/engine/containers/gpu.md b/content/manuals/engine/containers/gpu.md
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--- a/content/manuals/engine/containers/gpu.md
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@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ This exposes the GPUs at index `0` and `2` — the first and third GPUs listed i
 
 > [!NOTE]
 >
-> NVIDIA GPUs can only be accessed by systems running a single engine.
+> The `--gpus` flag provides GPU access to containers created with
+> `docker run`. To make GPUs available to services in a swarm, advertise them
+> as [node generic resources](/reference/cli/dockerd/#node-generic-resources)
+> and request them with
+> [`--generic-resource`](/reference/cli/docker/service/create/#generic-resources).
 
 ### Set NVIDIA capabilities