diff --git a/fs_selfservice/wordpress/README.txt b/fs_selfservice/wordpress/README.txt
index f068e82de0..47c381deb6 100644
--- a/fs_selfservice/wordpress/README.txt
+++ b/fs_selfservice/wordpress/README.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ Freeside services to turn on the daemon ("etc/init.d/freeside restart", or
"service freeside restart")
+Freeside self-service:
+
+If you are using signup or additional package order with the API-provided
+package selection HTML (as in the services_new.php example), make sure the
+regular Freeside self-service is installed on the same server as the wordpress
+site. Make sure the Freeside configuration setting
+"selfservice_server-base_url" is correct and matches the hostname used to
+access the site, including https:// if using (which you certainly should!).
+
+
Firewall/network configuration:
Allow the Wordpress machine to connect to port 8080 on the Freeside machine.
diff --git a/fs_selfservice/wordpress/example_selfservice.php b/fs_selfservice/wordpress/example_selfservice.php
index 6e5049cd4d..d753f2d556 100644
--- a/fs_selfservice/wordpress/example_selfservice.php
+++ b/fs_selfservice/wordpress/example_selfservice.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@