diff --git a/doc/assistant/remote_sharing_walkthrough.mdwn b/doc/assistant/remote_sharing_walkthrough.mdwn
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--- a/doc/assistant/remote_sharing_walkthrough.mdwn
+++ b/doc/assistant/remote_sharing_walkthrough.mdwn
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ to share the same synchronised folder, communicating directly with each other.
 [[!inline feeds=no template=bare pages=videos/git-annex_assistant_remote_sharing]]
 
 You can add even more computers using the same method show here.
+
+----
+
+If you have a laptop that is sometimes near another computer, you can
+speed up file transfers when it is by also connecting it using the
+[[local_pairing_walkthrough]].