diff --git a/doc/tutorial/kubernetes/README.md b/doc/tutorial/kubernetes/README.md
index bd80827..34e9787 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/doc/tutorial/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
 $ cue mod init
 ```
 
+We initialize a Go module so that later we can resolve the
+`k8s.io/api/apps/v1` Go package dependency:
+
+```
+$ go mod init example.com
+```
+
 Creating a module also allows our packages import external packages.
 
 Let's try to use the `cue import` command to convert the given YAML files