diff --git a/doc/design-2.3.rst b/doc/design-2.3.rst
index bd8faad5b9038a0b456831a166f9440d92bb457f..3fc3b2c960b5e0e57d6b988aac28b0ed6fe62feb 100644
--- a/doc/design-2.3.rst
+++ b/doc/design-2.3.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ The ``alloc_policy`` attribute can have the following values:
 
 - last_resort: the node group should not be used for instance
   allocations, unless this would be the only way to have the operation
-  succeed.
+  succeed. Prioritization among groups in this state will be deferred to
+  the iallocator plugin that's being used.
 
 - preferred: the node group can be used freely for allocation of
   instances (this is the default state for newly created node
diff --git a/lib/client/gnt_instance.py b/lib/client/gnt_instance.py
index 2f258a70486214db0f9014ba3fd83811487efa71..bb2079f3d80f03482774f2cc53252e0fbb830eba 100644
--- a/lib/client/gnt_instance.py
+++ b/lib/client/gnt_instance.py
@@ -1209,6 +1209,7 @@ def ShowInstanceConfig(opts, args):
     for idx, (ip, mac, mode, link) in enumerate(instance["nics"]):
       buf.write("      - nic/%d: MAC: %s, IP: %s, mode: %s, link: %s\n" %
                 (idx, mac, ip, mode, link))
+    buf.write("  Disk template: %s\n" % instance["disk_template"])
     buf.write("  Disks:\n")
 
     for idx, device in enumerate(instance["disks"]):