diff --git a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build.html.md b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build.html.md
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@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@ Terraform also puts some state into the `terraform.tfstate` file
 by default. This state file is extremely important; it maps various
 resource metadata to actual resource IDs so that Terraform knows
 what it is managing. This file must be saved and distributed
-to anyone who might run Terraform. We recommend simply putting it
-into version control, since it generally isn't too large.
+to anyone who might run Terraform. This file generally isn't too large, 
+and for most simple setups, the file might be added to version control along
+with rest of the Terraform code. For larger teams, it might be 
+beneficial to [setup remote state](https://www.terraform.io/docs/state/remote/index.html).
+
 
 You can inspect the state using `terraform show`: