diff --git a/docs/getting-started/try-it-out/on-k3d-locally.mdx b/docs/getting-started/try-it-out/on-k3d-locally.mdx
index 59034065..93b3b9b9 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/try-it-out/on-k3d-locally.mdx
+++ b/docs/getting-started/try-it-out/on-k3d-locally.mdx
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ You can browse and modify the bootstrapped identity configuration (users, groups
 OpenChoreo needs some base resources before you can deploy anything: a project, environments, component types, and a deployment pipeline. These define what kinds of things you can build and where they run.
 
 <CodeBlock language="bash">
-  {`kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/${versions.githubRef}/samples/getting-started/all.yaml && \\
-kubectl label namespace default openchoreo.dev/control-plane=true --overwrite`}
+  {`kubectl label namespace default openchoreo.dev/control-plane=true --overwrite && \\
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/${versions.githubRef}/samples/getting-started/all.yaml`}
 </CodeBlock>
 
 **What was created:**
diff --git a/docs/getting-started/try-it-out/on-your-environment.mdx b/docs/getting-started/try-it-out/on-your-environment.mdx
index fa408345..64e0755f 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/try-it-out/on-your-environment.mdx
+++ b/docs/getting-started/try-it-out/on-your-environment.mdx
@@ -466,16 +466,16 @@ curl -sk -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://console.${CP_BASE_DOMAIN}/
 
 OpenChoreo needs some base resources before you can deploy anything: a project, environments, component types, and a deployment pipeline.
 
-<CodeBlock language="bash">
-  {`kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/${versions.githubRef}/samples/getting-started/all.yaml`}
-</CodeBlock>
-
-Label the default namespace as a control plane namespace:
+Label the default namespace as a control plane namespace first, then apply the resources:
 
 ```bash
 kubectl label namespace default openchoreo.dev/control-plane=true --overwrite
 ```
 
+<CodeBlock language="bash">
+  {`kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/${versions.githubRef}/samples/getting-started/all.yaml`}
+</CodeBlock>
+
 ## Step 5: Setup Data Plane
 
 The data plane is where your workloads actually run. It has its own gateway for routing traffic, and a cluster-agent that connects back to the control plane to receive deployment instructions.