diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bb77a0301..080cedf6ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ Kubernetes is available at https://192.168.99.100:443.
 
 $ kubectl run hello-minikube --image=gcr.io/google_containers/echoserver:1.4 --hostport=8000 --port=8080
 deployment "hello-minikube" created
+# We have now launched an echoserver pod but we have to wait until the pod is up before curling/accessing it
+# To check whether the pod is up and running we can use the following:
+$ kubectl get pod
+NAME                              READY     STATUS              RESTARTS   AGE
+hello-minikube-3383150820-vctvh   1/1       ContainerCreating   0          3s
+# We can see that the pod is still being created from the ContainerCreating status
+$ kubectl get pod
+NAME                              READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
+hello-minikube-3383150820-vctvh   1/1       Running   0          13s
+# We can see that the pod is now Running and we will now be able to curl it:
 $ curl http://$(minikube ip):8000
 CLIENT VALUES:
 client_address=192.168.99.1