diff --git a/manifests/cockroachdb/README.md b/manifests/cockroachdb/README.md
index b61e05f82dd8ce7529e6740f556f31ca11e7ef7f..2d9a949104c73fa79651027756217ab8b72a6ff0 100644
--- a/manifests/cockroachdb/README.md
+++ b/manifests/cockroachdb/README.md
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ kubectl apply -f "${DEPLOY_PATH}/crds.yaml"
 
 # Deploy CockroachDB Operator
 curl -o "${DEPLOY_PATH}/operator.yaml" "${OPERATOR_BASE_URL}/install/operator.yaml"
-# edit "${DEPLOY_PATH}/operator.yaml"
+nano "${DEPLOY_PATH}/operator.yaml"
 # - add env var: WATCH_NAMESPACE='crdb'
 kubectl apply -f "${DEPLOY_PATH}/operator.yaml"
 
 # Deploy CockroachDB
 curl -o "${DEPLOY_PATH}/cluster.yaml" "${OPERATOR_BASE_URL}/examples/example.yaml"
-# edit "${DEPLOY_PATH}/cluster.yaml"
+nano "${DEPLOY_PATH}/cluster.yaml"
 # - set version
 # - set number of replicas
 kubectl create namespace crdb