diff --git a/doc/source/install/compute-install.rst b/doc/source/install/compute-install.rst
index d30e35f93..ad17b6eea 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/compute-install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/compute-install.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Install and configure components
       # cd /var/lib/zun
       # git clone https://opendev.org/openstack/zun.git
       # chown -R zun:zun zun
+      # git config --global --add safe.directory /var/lib/zun/zun
       # cd zun
       # pip3 install -r requirements.txt
       # python3 setup.py install
diff --git a/doc/source/install/controller-install.rst b/doc/source/install/controller-install.rst
index a6de12301..53a9df3c8 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/controller-install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/controller-install.rst
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ Install and configure components
       # cd /var/lib/zun
       # git clone https://opendev.org/openstack/zun.git
       # chown -R zun:zun zun
+      # git config --global --add safe.directory /var/lib/zun/zun
       # cd zun
       # pip3 install -r requirements.txt
       # python3 setup.py install