diff --git a/docs/devel/development.md b/docs/devel/development.md
index 5a7b52db49f..18d3abe565b 100644
--- a/docs/devel/development.md
+++ b/docs/devel/development.md
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ export GOPATH=$HOME/go-tools
 export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
 ```
 
+Note:
+At this time, godep update in the Kubernetes project only works properly if your version of godep is < 54.
+
+To check your version of godep:
+
+```sh
+$ godep version
+godep v53 (linux/amd64/go1.5.3)
+```
+
 ### Using godep
 
 Here's a quick walkthrough of one way to use godeps to add or update a Kubernetes dependency into Godeps/_workspace. For more details, please see the instructions in [godep's documentation](https://github.com/tools/godep).