diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/coreos_multinode_cluster.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/coreos_multinode_cluster.md
index 2005bd85b20bf..6a6c273e19fb2 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/coreos_multinode_cluster.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/coreos_multinode_cluster.md
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ gcloud compute instances create node1 \
 --metadata-from-file user-data=node.yaml
 ```
 
+#### Establish network connectivity
+
+Next, setup an ssh tunnel to the master so you can run kubectl from your local host.
+In one terminal, run `gcloud compute ssh master --ssh-flag="-L 8080:127.0.0.1:8080"` and in a second
+run `gcloud compute ssh master --ssh-flag="-R 8080:127.0.0.1:8080".
+
 ### VMware Fusion
 
 #### Create the master config-drive
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/coreos_single_node_cluster.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/coreos_single_node_cluster.md
index d166aad9efc85..b790bdf0baf87 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/coreos_single_node_cluster.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/coreos_single_node_cluster.md
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ gcloud compute instances create standalone \
 --metadata-from-file user-data=standalone.yaml 
 ```
 
+Next, setup an ssh tunnel to the master so you can run kubectl from your local host.
+In one terminal, run `gcloud compute ssh master --ssh-flag="-L 8080:127.0.0.1:8080"` and in a second
+run `gcloud compute ssh master --ssh-flag="-R 8080:127.0.0.1:8080".
+
+
 ### VMware Fusion
 
 Create a [config-drive](https://coreos.com/docs/cluster-management/setup/cloudinit-config-drive) ISO.