diff --git a/docs/QUICKSTART.md b/docs/QUICKSTART.md
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@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Metadata about that file will be created and signed, and added to the
 repository's metadata.
 
 ```Bash
+# be in the same directory as step 1
 $ echo 'Test file' > testfile
 $ repo.py --add testfile
 $ tree tufrepo/