diff --git a/website/content/docs/commands/alloc/stop.mdx b/website/content/docs/commands/alloc/stop.mdx
index 718d962d5..85ba09616 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/commands/alloc/stop.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/commands/alloc/stop.mdx
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ nomad alloc stop [options] <allocation>
 
 The `alloc stop` command requires a single argument, specifying the alloc ID or
 prefix to stop. If there is an exact match based on the provided alloc ID or
-prefix, then the alloc will be stopped and rescheduled. Otherwise, a list of
-matching allocs and information will be displayed.
+prefix, then the alloc will be stopped, otherwise, a list of
+matching allocs and information will be displayed. If the stopped allocation
+belongs to a service or batch job they will rescheduled according to their 
+reschedule policy. [System allocs will not][] and will show up as completed.
 
 Stop will issue a request to stop and reschedule the allocation. An interactive
 monitoring session will display log lines as the allocation completes shutting
@@ -65,3 +67,4 @@ $ nomad alloc stop -detach eb17e557
 
 [eval status]: /nomad/docs/commands/eval/status
 [`shutdown_delay`]: /nomad/docs/job-specification/group#shutdown_delay
+[system allocs will not]: /nomad/docs/job-specification/reschedule