diff --git a/site-content/source/modules/ROOT/pages/quickstart.adoc b/site-content/source/modules/ROOT/pages/quickstart.adoc
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@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ Connected to Test Cluster at cassandra:9042.
 Use HELP for help.
 cqlsh>
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+Note again: The cassandra server itself (the first docker run command you ran) takes a few seconds to start up. The above command will throw an error if the server hasn't finished its init sequence yet, so give it a few seconds to spin up.
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 // end example