diff --git a/xml/glossary.xml b/xml/glossary.xml
index bf94d0ae7..1fc41c5b5 100644
--- a/xml/glossary.xml
+++ b/xml/glossary.xml
@@ -406,6 +406,13 @@
     swap devices, or for creating a (mountable) file system just like disk partitions. </para>
   </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+  <glossterm>Migration</glossterm>
+  <glossdef>
+   <para>The process of moving a virtual machine instance from one &compnode; to another. This
+    process can only be executed by cloud administrators. </para>
+  </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
  <glossentry>
   <glossterm>Network</glossterm>
   <glossdef>