diff --git a/apps/gituisync/local-repo.yaml b/apps/gituisync/local-repo.yaml
index f911d89c55d..d33725b19f1 100644
--- a/apps/gituisync/local-repo.yaml
+++ b/apps/gituisync/local-repo.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Assuming you're in the root of the Grafana OSS repo with `make run` running elsewhere.
+# kubectl --kubeconfig ./data/grafana-apiserver/grafana.kubeconfig create -f ./apps/gituisync/local-repo.yaml
 apiVersion: gituisync.grafana.app/v0alpha1
 kind: Repository
 metadata: