diff --git a/docs/05-kubernetes-controller.md b/docs/05-kubernetes-controller.md
index 3f01516..357a245 100644
--- a/docs/05-kubernetes-controller.md
+++ b/docs/05-kubernetes-controller.md
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ gcloud compute http-health-checks create kube-apiserver-health-check \
 
 ```
 gcloud compute target-pools create kubernetes-target-pool \
-  --http-health-check=kube-apiserver-health-check
+  --http-health-check=kube-apiserver-health-check \
+  --region us-central1
 ```
 
 ```