add note on not supporting subgroups

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md b/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md
index 2f104c7becc..b50030d655b 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ server up and running for your GitLab instance.
 
 Before we begin, let's understand a few concepts first.
 
-### Static sites
+## Static sites
 
 GitLab Pages only supports static websites, meaning,
 your output files must be HTML, CSS, and JavaScript only.
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ CSS, and JS, or use a [Static Site Generator (SSG)](https://www.staticgen.com/)
 to simplify your code and build the static site for you,
 which is highly recommendable and much faster than hardcoding.
 
-#### Further Reading
+### Further Reading
 
 - Read through this technical overview on [Static versus Dynamic Websites](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/03/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-1-dynamic-x-static/)
 - Understand [how modern Static Site Generators work](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/10/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-2/) and what you can add to your static site
 - You can use [any SSG with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/)
 - Fork an [example project](https://gitlab.com/pages) to build your website based upon
 
-### GitLab Pages domain
+## GitLab Pages domain
 
 If you set up a GitLab Pages project on GitLab.com,
 it will automatically be accessible under a
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ Pages wildcard domain. This guide is valid for any GitLab instance,
 you just need to replace Pages wildcard domain on GitLab.com
 (`*.gitlab.io`) with your own.
 
-#### Practical examples
+### Practical examples
 
-**Project Websites:**
+#### Project Websites
 
 - You created a project called `blog` under your username `john`,
 therefore your project URL is `https://gitlab.com/john/blog/`.
@@ -87,16 +87,21 @@ URL is `https://gitlab.com/websites/blog/`. Once you enable
 GitLab Pages for this project, the site will live under
 `https://websites.gitlab.io/blog/`.
 
-**User and Group Websites:**
+#### User and Group Websites
 
 - Under your username, `john`, you created a project called
 `john.gitlab.io`. Your project URL will be `https://gitlab.com/john/john.gitlab.io`.
 Once you enable GitLab Pages for your project, your website
 will be published under `https://john.gitlab.io`.
 - Under your group `websites`, you created a project called
-`websites.gitlab.io`. your project's URL will be `https://gitlab.com/websites/websites.gitlab.io`. Once you enable GitLab Pages for your project,
+`websites.gitlab.io`. your project's URL will be `https://gitlab.com/websites/websites.gitlab.io`.
+Once you enable GitLab Pages for your project,
 your website will be published under `https://websites.gitlab.io`.
 
+>**Note:**
+GitLab Pages [does **not** support subgroups](../group/subgroups/index.md#limitations).
+You can only create the highest level group website.
+
 **General example:**
 
 - On GitLab.com, a project site will always be available under
diff --git a/doc/user/project/pages/introduction.md b/doc/user/project/pages/introduction.md
index deaceabb7c5..45b10e5f1cc 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/pages/introduction.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/pages/introduction.md
@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ don't redirect HTTP to HTTPS.
 
 [rfc]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2818#section-3.1 "HTTP Over TLS RFC"
 
+GitLab Pages [does **not** support subgroups](../group/subgroups/index.md#limitations).
+You can only create the highest level group website.
+
 ## Redirects in GitLab Pages
 
 Since you cannot use any custom server configuration files, like `.htaccess` or