Document the required command for c2c build in MacOS

ballerina-platform · Oct 9, 2024 · b9aa205 · b9aa205
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diff --git a/examples/docker-hello-world/docker_hello_world.md b/examples/docker-hello-world/docker_hello_world.md
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ For all the supported key value properties, see [Code to Cloud specification](ht
 ::: code Cloud.toml :::
 
 Execute the `bal build` command to build the Ballerina package. Code to Cloud generates only one container per package.
->**Note:** For Mac users with Apple Silicon chips, run `export DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=linux/amd64` before building the image. This is necessary because the Ballerina base image doesn't yet support the M1 chip.
+>**Note:** For Mac users with Apple Silicon chips, set an environment variable `DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM` to `linux/amd64`, before building the image. This is because the Ballerina Docker image is not supported on Apple Silicon chips yet.
+> ```
+> export DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=linux/amd64
+> ```
 
 ::: out build_output.out :::
 

diff --git a/examples/kubernetes-hello-world/kubernetes_hello_world.md b/examples/kubernetes-hello-world/kubernetes_hello_world.md
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ For all the supported key value properties, see [Code to Cloud Specification](ht
 ::: code Cloud.toml :::
 
 Execute the `bal build` command to build the Ballerina package. Code to Cloud generates only one container per package.
->**Note:** For Mac users with Apple Silicon chips, run `export DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=linux/amd64` before building the image. This is necessary because the Ballerina base image doesn't yet support the M1 chip.
+>**Note:** The macOS users with Apple silicon chip need set an environment variable `DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM` to `linux/amd64`, before building the image. This is because the Ballerina Docker image is not supported on Apple silicon chips yet.
+> ```
+> export DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=linux/amd64
+> ```
 
 ::: out build_output.out :::