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 Trivial applications
 ====================
 
+.. note::
+
+    To successfully run the following examples, please make sure that NFD is properly
+    configured and running.  For more information about NFD, refer to `NFD's official
+    homepage <http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/>`_.
+
 Trivial consumer
 ----------------