diff --git a/docs/03-compute-resources.md b/docs/03-compute-resources.md
index a30c520..fe45756 100644
--- a/docs/03-compute-resources.md
+++ b/docs/03-compute-resources.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Allocate a static IP address that will be attached to the external load balancer
 ```
 gcloud compute addresses create kubernetes-the-hard-way \
   --region $(gcloud config get-value compute/region)
+ gcloud compute addresses create kubernetes-the-hard-way   --region us-west1 $(gcloud config get-value compute/region) 
 ```
 
 Verify the `kubernetes-the-hard-way` static IP address was created in your default compute region: