diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0cc2baaf..d305f8ba 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Running and Configuring
 To get started, do the following from different terminals:
 ::
 
-    > etcd --data-dir=data/etcd
+    > etcd --data-dir=data/etcd --enable-v2=true
     > ./patroni.py postgres0.yml
     > ./patroni.py postgres1.yml