diff --git a/docs/src/man/getting_started.md b/docs/src/man/getting_started.md
index b13b6b1ef..f09b19456 100644
--- a/docs/src/man/getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/src/man/getting_started.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The DataFrames package is available through the Julia package system and can be
 
 ```julia
 using Pkg
+Pkg.activate(".") # Best practice to activate a new environmnent.
 Pkg.add("DataFrames")
 ```