From 18e3ebc975ab172b33755d353af227fe68daf584 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Latham <1622880+guardrex@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 06:52:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Improve HTTPS config section of Windows Service topic (#9169)

---
 aspnetcore/host-and-deploy/windows-service.md | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aspnetcore/host-and-deploy/windows-service.md b/aspnetcore/host-and-deploy/windows-service.md
index 4cb37a330c..528e0f7510 100644
--- a/aspnetcore/host-and-deploy/windows-service.md
+++ b/aspnetcore/host-and-deploy/windows-service.md
@@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ Services that interact with requests from the Internet or a corporate network an
 
 ## Configure HTTPS
 
-Specify a [Kestrel server HTTPS endpoint configuration](xref:fundamentals/servers/kestrel#endpoint-configuration).
+To configure the service with a secure endpoint:
+
+1. Create an X.509 certificate for the hosting system using your platform's certificate acquisition and deployment mechanisms.
+1. Specify a [Kestrel server HTTPS endpoint configuration](xref:fundamentals/servers/kestrel#endpoint-configuration) to use the certificate.
+
+Use of the ASP.NET Core HTTPS development certificate to secure a service endpoint isn't supported.
 
 ## Current directory and content root