diff --git a/docs/source/builders/random.rst b/docs/source/builders/random.rst
index af0c21f1..1601099a 100644
--- a/docs/source/builders/random.rst
+++ b/docs/source/builders/random.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ more concentrated.
     composition: 
       Cu: 13
       H2O: 3
+    # pbc: True # Set this to True if periodic structures are desired.
     cell: [30., 0., 0., 0., 30., 0., 0., 0., 30.]
     region:
       method: lattice
@@ -62,6 +63,12 @@ more concentrated.
     test_too_far: false
     random_seed: 1112
 
+.. note::
+
+   The structures generated by `random_cluster` are not periodic (pbc=False) by default. 
+   This may fail the following calculations as some codes do not support non-periodic structures.
+   Thus, set `pbc: True` to make generated structures periodic.
+
 Surface
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