diff --git a/doc/source/cli/command-objects/compute-service.rst b/doc/source/cli/command-objects/compute-service.rst
index 51d5c86433..45e781e298 100644
--- a/doc/source/cli/command-objects/compute-service.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cli/command-objects/compute-service.rst
@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@ Set compute service properties
 
 .. option:: --up
 
-    Force up service
+    Force up service. Requires ``--os-compute-api-version`` 2.11 or greater.
 
 .. option:: --down
 
-    Force down service
+    Force down service. . Requires ``--os-compute-api-version`` 2.11 or
+    greater.
 
 .. _compute_service_set-host:
 .. describe:: <host>
diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/service.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/service.py
index 98347c9f86..f59f85de26 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/service.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/service.py
@@ -152,12 +152,14 @@ class SetService(command.Command):
         up_down_group.add_argument(
             '--up',
             action='store_true',
-            help=_('Force up service'),
+            help=_('Force up service. Requires ``--os-compute-api-version`` '
+                   '2.11 or greater.'),
         )
         up_down_group.add_argument(
             '--down',
             action='store_true',
-            help=_('Force down service'),
+            help=_('Force down service. Requires ``--os-compute-api-version`` '
+                   '2.11 or greater.'),
         )
         return parser