diff --git a/dev-support/bin/ozone-dist-layout-stitching b/dev-support/bin/ozone-dist-layout-stitching
index c30a37d2e5..2ba7791f23 100755
--- a/dev-support/bin/ozone-dist-layout-stitching
+++ b/dev-support/bin/ozone-dist-layout-stitching
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ cp "${ROOT}/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/target/hadoop-ozone-filesystem-${HDDS_VERSION}.
 cp -r "${ROOT}/hadoop-ozone/docs/target/classes/webapps/docs" ./share/hadoop/ozone/webapps/ozoneManager/
 cp -r "${ROOT}/hadoop-ozone/docs/target/classes/webapps/docs" ./share/hadoop/hdds/webapps/scm/
 
+#Copy docker compose files
+run cp -p -r "${ROOT}/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose" .
 
 mkdir -p ./share/hadoop/mapreduce
 mkdir -p ./share/hadoop/yarn
diff --git a/hadoop-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-dist/pom.xml
index 5de6759ce9..da05015e43 100644
--- a/hadoop-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-dist/pom.xml
@@ -276,23 +276,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
             <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>copy-docker-compose</id>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>copy-resources</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/compose
-                  </outputDirectory>
-                  <resources>
-                    <resource>
-                      <directory>src/main/compose</directory>
-                      <filtering>true</filtering>
-                    </resource>
-                  </resources>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
               <execution>
                 <id>copy-dockerfile</id>
                 <goals>
diff --git a/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/README.md b/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8189d2c169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!---
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+
+# Docker cluster definitions
+
+This directory contains multiple docker cluster definitions to start local pseudo cluster with different configuration.
+
+It helps to start local (multi-node like) pseudo cluster with docker and docker-compose and obviously it's not for production.
+
+You may find more information in the specific subdirectories but in generic you can use the following commands:
+
+## Usage
+
+To start a cluster go to a subdirectory and start the cluster:
+
+```
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+You can check the logs of all the components with:
+
+```
+docker-compose logs
+```
+
+In case of a problem you can destroy the cluster an delete all the local state with:
+
+```
+docker-compose down
+```
+
+(Note: a simple docker-compose stop may not delete all the local data).
+
+You can scale up and down the components:
+
+```
+docker-compose scale datanode=5
+```
+
+Usually the key webui ports are published on the docker host.
diff --git a/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/ozone/docker-compose.yaml b/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/ozone/docker-compose.yaml
index bb5e8dd535..0a6a9d8028 100644
--- a/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/ozone/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/ozone/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
    datanode:
       image: apache/hadoop-runner
       volumes:
-        - ../../ozone:/opt/hadoop
+        - ../..:/opt/hadoop
       ports:
         - 9864
       command: ["/opt/hadoop/bin/ozone","datanode"]
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
    ozoneManager:
       image: apache/hadoop-runner
       volumes:
-         - ../../ozone:/opt/hadoop
+         - ../..:/opt/hadoop
       ports:
          - 9874:9874
       environment:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ services:
    scm:
       image: apache/hadoop-runner
       volumes:
-         - ../../ozone:/opt/hadoop
+         - ../..:/opt/hadoop
       ports:
          - 9876:9876
       env_file:
diff --git a/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/ozoneperf/docker-compose.yaml b/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/ozoneperf/docker-compose.yaml
index 6d1d9cadb3..3b5cc7b3b4 100644
--- a/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/ozoneperf/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/hadoop-dist/src/main/compose/ozoneperf/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
    datanode:
       image: apache/hadoop-runner
       volumes:
-        - ../../ozone:/opt/hadoop
+        - ../..:/opt/hadoop
         - ./jmxpromo.jar:/opt/jmxpromo.jar
       ports:
         - 9864
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
    ozoneManager:
       image: apache/hadoop-runner
       volumes:
-        - ../../ozone:/opt/hadoop
+        - ../..:/opt/hadoop
         - ./jmxpromo.jar:/opt/jmxpromo.jar
       ports:
          - 9874:9874
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
    scm:
       image: apache/hadoop-runner
       volumes:
-         - ../../ozone:/opt/hadoop
+         - ../..:/opt/hadoop
          - ./jmxpromo.jar:/opt/jmxpromo.jar
       ports:
          - 9876:9876
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/docs/content/GettingStarted.md b/hadoop-ozone/docs/content/GettingStarted.md
index 117a3071c5..61d210a7fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/docs/content/GettingStarted.md
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/docs/content/GettingStarted.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Go to the directory where the docker compose files exist and tell
 `docker-compose` to start Ozone. This will start SCM, OM and a single datanode
 in the background.
 ```
-cd hadoop-dist/target/compose/ozone
+cd hadoop-dist/target/ozone/compose/ozone
 
 docker-compose up -d
 ```