diff --git a/docs/content/en/docs/implementing/otel.md b/docs/content/en/docs/implementing/otel.md
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--- a/docs/content/en/docs/implementing/otel.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/docs/implementing/otel.md
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ using the default configuration included with Keptn,
 use the following commands.
 Use similar commands if you define a different configuration::
 
+> **Note**
+You must clone  the `lifecycle-toolkit` repository and `cd` into the correct directory
+(`examples/support/observability`) before running the following commands.
+
 ```shell
 kubectl create namespace monitoring
 kubectl apply --server-side -f config/prometheus/setup