diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown
index e7b026d47e..7544ed01fb 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ provider "vsphere" {
   user           = "${var.vsphere_user}"
   password       = "${var.vsphere_password}"
   vsphere_server = "${var.vsphere_server}"
+  # if you have a self-signed cert
+  allow_unverified_ssl = true
 }
 
 # Create a folder