diff --git a/src/docbkx/getting_started.xml b/src/docbkx/getting_started.xml
index 9ad7c87b44d..e117526dcee 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/getting_started.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/getting_started.xml
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ $ cd hbase-<?eval ${project.version}?>
 </programlisting></para>
 
       <para>At this point, you are ready to start HBase. But before starting
-      it, you might want to edit <filename>conf/hbase-site.xml</filename>, the
-      file you write your site-specific configurations into, and
-      set <varname>hbase.rootdir</varname>, the directory HBase writes data to,
+      it, edit <filename>conf/hbase-site.xml</filename>, the file you write
+      your site-specific configurations into. Set
+      <varname>hbase.rootdir</varname>, the directory HBase writes data to,
+      and <varname>hbase.zookeeper.property.dataDir</varname>, the director
+      ZooKeeper writes its data too:
 <programlisting>&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt;
 &lt;?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?&gt;
 &lt;configuration&gt;
@@ -76,10 +78,14 @@ $ cd hbase-<?eval ${project.version}?>
     &lt;name&gt;hbase.rootdir&lt;/name&gt;
     &lt;value&gt;file:///DIRECTORY/hbase&lt;/value&gt;
   &lt;/property&gt;
+  &lt;property&gt;
+    &lt;name&gt;hbase.zookeeper.property.dataDir&lt;/name&gt;
+    &lt;value&gt;/DIRECTORY/zookeeper&lt;/value&gt;
+  &lt;/property&gt;
 &lt;/configuration&gt;</programlisting> Replace <varname>DIRECTORY</varname> in the above with the
-      path to the directory where you want HBase to store its data. By default,
-      <varname>hbase.rootdir</varname> is set to
-      <filename>/tmp/hbase-${user.name}</filename> which means you'll lose all
+      path to the directory you would have HBase and ZooKeeper write their data. By default,
+      <varname>hbase.rootdir</varname> is set to <filename>/tmp/hbase-${user.name}</filename>
+      and similarly so for the default ZooKeeper data location which means you'll lose all
       your data whenever your server reboots unless you change it (Most operating systems clear
       <filename>/tmp</filename> on restart).</para>
     </section>