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 ### Get a pull secret
-Go to https://account.coreos.com/ and obtain a *pull secret*.
+Go to https://account.coreos.com/ and obtain a *pull secret*.  After creating an account you will need to register for a Tectonic plan before the option for obtaining a pull secret will appear on your account page.
 
 ### Make sure you have permissions for `qemu:///system`
 You may want to grant yourself permissions to use libvirt as a non-root user. You could allow all users in the wheel group by doing the following: