diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/resources/k8s-tutorials/infrastructure-tutorials/ec2-node/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/resources/k8s-tutorials/infrastructure-tutorials/ec2-node/_index.md
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@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ If the Rancher server is installed in a single Docker container, you only need o
 ```
 sudo ssh -i [path-to-private-key] ubuntu@[public-DNS-of-instance]
 ```
-1. When you are connected to the instance, run the following command on the instance to create a user:
-```
-sudo usermod -aG docker ubuntu
-```
 1. Run the following command on the instance to install Docker with one of Rancher's installation scripts:
 ```
 curl https://releases.rancher.com/install-docker/18.09.sh | sh
 ```
+1. When you are connected to the instance, run the following command on the instance to add user `ubuntu` to group `docker`:
+```
+sudo usermod -aG docker ubuntu
+```
 1. Repeat these steps so that Docker is installed on each node that will eventually run the Rancher management server.
 
 > To find out whether a script is available for installing a certain Docker version, refer to this [GitHub repository,](https://github.com/rancher/install-docker) which contains all of Rancher’s Docker installation scripts.