diff --git a/hosted_control_planes/hcp-managing.adoc b/hosted_control_planes/hcp-managing.adoc
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--- a/hosted_control_planes/hcp-managing.adoc
+++ b/hosted_control_planes/hcp-managing.adoc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include::modules/updates-for-hosted-control-planes.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 include::modules/updating-node-pools-for-hcp.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 include::modules/configuring-node-pools-for-hcp.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 //restarting hosted control plane components
-//pausing reconciliation
+include::modules/hosted-control-planes-pause-reconciliation.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 //debugging why nodes have not joined the cluster
 //using service-level DNS for control plane services
 //configuring metrics sets
diff --git a/modules/hosted-control-planes-pause-reconciliation.adoc b/modules/hosted-control-planes-pause-reconciliation.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28ceab1f69
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+++ b/modules/hosted-control-planes-pause-reconciliation.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Module included in the following assemblies:
+//
+// * hosted_control_planes/hcp-managing.adoc
+
+:_content-type: PROCEDURE
+[id="hosted-control-planes-pause-reconciliation_{context}"]
+= Pausing the reconciliation of a hosted cluster and hosted control plane
+
+If you are a cluster instance administrator, you can pause the reconciliation of a hosted cluster and hosted control plane. You might want to pause reconciliation when you back up and restore an etcd database or when you need to debug problems with a hosted cluster or hosted control plane. 
+
+.Procedure
+
+. To pause reconciliation for a hosted cluster and hosted control plane, populate the `pausedUntil` field of the `HostedCluster` resource, as shown in the following examples:
++
+** To pause the reconciliation until a specific time, specify an RFC339 timestamp:
++
+[source,terminal]
+----
+PAUSED_UNTIL="2022-03-03T03:28:48Z"
+kubectl patch -n <hosted-cluster-namespace> hostedclusters/<hosted-cluster-name> -p '{"spec":{"pausedUntil":"'${PAUSED_UNTIL}'"}}' --type=merge
+----
++
+The reconciliation is paused until the specified time is passed.
++
+** To pause the reconciliation indefinitely, pass a Boolean value of `true`:
++
+[source,terminal]
+----
+PAUSED_UNTIL="true"
+kubectl patch -n <hosted-cluster-namespace> hostedclusters/<hosted-cluster-name> -p '{"spec":{"pausedUntil":"'${PAUSED_UNTIL}'"}}' --type=merge
+----
++
+The reconciliation is paused until you remove the field from the `HostedCluster` resource.
++
+When the pause reconciliation field is populated for the `HostedCluster` resource, the field is automatically added to the associated `HostedControlPlane` resource.
+
+. To remove the `pausedUntil` field, enter the following patch command:
++
+[source,terminal]
+----
+kubectl patch -n <hosted-cluster-namespace> hostedclusters/<hosted-cluster-name> -p '{"spec":{"pausedUntil":null}}' --type=merge
+----
+
+
+
+
+