Clarification and Pointer to the Master/Slave setup

Head some troubles getting all the pointers in the documentation for a working master/slave setup. I think there should be a place where all requirements are at least listed. Maybe another location or form of presentation is better, but this page and presentation is something that would have helped me.

diff --git a/docs/markdown/authoritative/modes-of-operation.md b/docs/markdown/authoritative/modes-of-operation.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/authoritative/modes-of-operation.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/authoritative/modes-of-operation.md
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ you can use options **allow-unsigned-notify** to permit unsigned
 notifications.  For 4.0.0 this is turned on by default, but it might be
 turned off permanently in future releases.
 
+# Master/Slave Setup Requirements
+Generally to enable a Master/Slave setup you have to take care of following properties.
+* The [master](settings.md#master)/[slave](settings.md#slave) state has to be enabled in the respective `/etc/powerdns/pdns.conf` config files.
+* The nameservers have to be set up correctly as NS domain records i.e. defining a NS and A record for each slave.
+* Master/Slave state has to be configured on a per domain basis in the `<+pdns_database_name+>.domains` table. Namely the `type` column has to be either `MASTER` or `SLAVE` respectively and the slave needs a comma seperated list of master node IP addresses in the `master` column in the `pdns_db.domains` table. [more to this topic](backend-generic-sql)
+
 ## IXFR: incremental zone transfers
 If the 'IXFR' zone metadata item is set to 1 for a zone, PowerDNS will attempt to retrieve
 zone updates via IXFR.