diff --git a/docs/html/training/custom-views/create-view.jd b/docs/html/training/custom-views/create-view.jd
index 11be85f45e907..d9eebf5ff5dab 100644
--- a/docs/html/training/custom-views/create-view.jd
+++ b/docs/html/training/custom-views/create-view.jd
@@ -146,10 +146,16 @@ enable this behavior in your custom view, you must:
         <p>In order to avoid having to repeat the long namespace URI, the sample uses an {@code
             xmlns} directive. This
             directive assigns the alias {@code custom} to the namespace {@code
-            http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.example.customviews}. You can choose any alias
+            http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto}. You can choose any alias
             you want for your
             namespace.</p>
 
+<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> If you are not using Gradle to build
+your project, your {@code xlmns} URI cannot include {@code res-auto}.
+Instead, the URI must contain the fully qualified name of your project. In
+this example, the non-Gradle URI would be:
+{@code http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.example.customviews}.</p> 
+
         <p>Notice the name of the XML tag that adds the custom view to the layout. It is the fully
             qualified name of the
             custom view class. If your view class is an inner class, you must further qualify it with the name of the view's outer class.