diff --git a/doc/source/user/quickstart.rst b/doc/source/user/quickstart.rst
index 96777cbe9d..1f7065c7b0 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/quickstart.rst
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ Install Kolla for development
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      cp -r kolla-ansible/etc/kolla /etc/kolla
+      mkdir -p /etc/kolla
+      cp -r kolla-ansible/etc/kolla/* /etc/kolla
 
    .. end