diff --git a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
index 2ce978c..b0aae0e 100644
--- a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
+++ b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ sudo systemctl start kube-apiserver kube-controller-manager kube-scheduler
 ### Verification
 
 ```
-kubectl get componentstatuses
+kubectl get componentstatuses \
+  --kubeconfig /var/lib/kubernetes/kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig
 ```
 
 ```