diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/network.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/network.php
index 70cb14ea93..c4f2c83758 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/network.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/network.php
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ function network_step1( $errors = false ) {
  */
 function network_step2( $errors = false ) {
 	global $wpdb;
+	global $is_nginx;
 
 	$hostname          = get_clean_basedomain();
 	$slashed_home      = trailingslashit( get_option( 'home' ) );
@@ -616,7 +617,19 @@ define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
 	</ol>
 
 		<?php
-	else : // End iis7_supports_permalinks(). Construct an .htaccess file instead:
+	elseif ( $is_nginx ): // end iis7_supports_permalinks(). check if server is nginx and print link to Codex:
+		$section = $subdomain_install ? 'wordpress-multisite-subdomains-rules' : 'wordpress-multisite-subdirectory-rules';
+		echo  '<li><p>';
+		printf(
+			/* translators: Documentation link. */
+			__( 'It seems your network is running with NGINX webserver. Please, visit %s to get details about further configuration.' ),
+			'<a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/nginx/#' . $section . '" target="_blank">https://wordpress.org/support/article/nginx/#' . $section . '</a>'
+		);
+		echo '</p>'
+		?>
+		
+		<?php
+	else : // end of nginx variant, construct .htaccess
 
 		$ms_files_rewriting = '';
 		if ( is_multisite() && get_site_option( 'ms_files_rewriting' ) ) {