Change to using a list of mappings to maintain order
Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
diff --git a/doc/source/operations.rst b/doc/source/operations.rst
index 0bbf599..a157403 100644
--- a/doc/source/operations.rst
+++ b/doc/source/operations.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
can be assigned to each mapping by providing a space-separated list (class
names cannot contain spaces anyway).
+Note that mappings are not designed to replace node definitions. Mappings can
+be used to pre-populate the classes of existing nodes, but you still need to
+define all nodes (and if only to allow them to be enumerated for the
+inventory).
+
Parameter interpolation
------------------------
Parameters may reference each other, including deep references, e.g.::