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 # HTML Legend
 
-This example shows how to create a custom HTML legend using a plugin and connect it to the chart in lieu of the default on-canvas legend.
+This example shows how to create a custom HTML legend using a plugin and connect it to the chart in lieu of the default on-canvas legend.  
+For an html legend to work you need to place an empty div at your web page with the ID you provide in the options to bind to like so: `<div id="legend-container"></div>`.  
 
 <div id="legend-container"></div>