diff --git a/components.html b/components.html
index b4040dbe92..dbe981c2a9 100644
--- a/components.html
+++ b/components.html
@@ -2133,15 +2133,15 @@ base_url: "../"
 </nav>
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-<div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger">
-  <h4>Plugin dependency</h4>
-  <p>The responsive navbar requires the <a href="../javascript/#collapse">collapse plugin</a> to be included in your version of Bootstrap.</p>
-</div>
+    <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger">
+      <h4>Plugin dependency</h4>
+      <p>The responsive navbar requires the <a href="../javascript/#collapse">collapse plugin</a> to be included in your version of Bootstrap.</p>
+    </div>
 
-<div class="bs-callout bs-callout-warning">
-  <h4>Make navbars accessible</h4>
-  <p>Be sure to add a <code>role="navigation"</code> to every navbar to help with accessibility.</p>
-</div>
+    <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-warning">
+      <h4>Make navbars accessible</h4>
+      <p>Be sure to add a <code>role="navigation"</code> to every navbar to help with accessibility.</p>
+    </div>
 
 
     <h2 id="navbar-forms">Forms</h2>
@@ -2177,14 +2177,14 @@ base_url: "../"
 </form>
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-<div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger">
-  <h4>Always add labels</h4>
-  <p>Screen readers will have trouble with your forms if you don't include a label for every input. For these inline navbar forms, you can hide the labels using the <code>.sr-only</code> class.</p>
-</div>
+    <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger">
+      <h4>Always add labels</h4>
+      <p>Screen readers will have trouble with your forms if you don't include a label for every input. For these inline navbar forms, you can hide the labels using the <code>.sr-only</code> class.</p>
+    </div>
 
 
     <h2 id="navbar-buttons">Buttons</h2>
-    <p>For buttons not residing in a <code>&lt;form&gt;</code>, add this class to vertically center buttons within a navbar.</p>
+    <p>Add the <code>.navbar-btn</code> class to <code>&lt;button&gt;</code> elements not residing in a <code>&lt;form&gt;</code> to vertically center them in the navbar.</p>
     <div class="bs-example">
       <nav class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">
         <div class="navbar-header">
@@ -2205,6 +2205,10 @@ base_url: "../"
 <button type="button" class="btn btn-default navbar-btn">Sign in</button>
 {% endhighlight %}
 
+    <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-warning">
+      <h4>Context-specific usage</h4>
+      <p>Like the standard <a href="{{ page.base_url }}css#buttons">button classes</a>, <code>.navbar-btn</code> can be used on <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;input&gt;</code> elements. However, neither <code>.navbar-btn</code> nor the standard button classes should be used on <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> elements within <code>.navbar-nav</code>.</p>
+    </div>
 
     <h2 id="navbar-text">Text</h2>
     <p>Wrap strings of text in an element with <code>.navbar-text</code>, usually on a <code>&lt;p&gt;</code> tag for proper leading and color.</p>
diff --git a/css.html b/css.html
index 12032c497a..1eea9152ba 100644
--- a/css.html
+++ b/css.html
@@ -2216,6 +2216,10 @@ For example, <code>&lt;section&gt;</code> should be wrapped as inline.
       <h4>Link functionality not impacted</h4>
       <p>This class will only change the <code>&lt;a&gt;</code>'s appearance, not its functionality. Use custom JavaScript to disable links here.</p>
     </div>
+    <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-warning">
+      <h4>Context-specific usage</h4>
+      <p>While button classes can be used on <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;button&gt;</code> elements, only <code>&lt;button&gt;</code> elements are supported within our nav and navbar components.</p>
+    </div>
 
 
     <h2 id="buttons-tags">Button tags</h2>