diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/OzoneGettingStarted.md.vm b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/OzoneGettingStarted.md.vm
index 79a28c945f..3395a8eb22 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/OzoneGettingStarted.md.vm
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/OzoneGettingStarted.md.vm
@@ -248,9 +248,16 @@ is running, please verify it is fully functional by running some commands like
 
    - `./hdfs scm -init`
 
- Start SCM and KSM.
+ Start SCM.
 
    - `./hdfs --daemon start scm`
+
+ Once SCM gets started, KSM must be initialized.
+
+   - `./hdfs ksm -createObjectStore`
+
+ Start KSM.
+
    - `./hdfs --daemon start ksm`
 
 if you would like to start HDFS and Ozone together, you can do that by running