diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/getting_started.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/getting_started.adoc
index 3a85f90d969f..bf501d47c699 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/getting_started.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/getting_started.adoc
@@ -371,13 +371,13 @@ The following command starts four additional RegionServers, running on sequentia
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-$ .bin/local-regionservers.sh start 2 3 4 5
+$ ./bin/local-regionservers.sh start 2 3 4 5
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 To stop a RegionServer manually, use the `local-regionservers.sh` command with the `stop` parameter and the offset of the server to stop.
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-$ .bin/local-regionservers.sh stop 3
+$ ./bin/local-regionservers.sh stop 3
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 . Stop HBase.