diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4bbc8d6d..878e9986 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Airship is a broad integration of several components
 enabling an automated, resilient Kubernetes-based infrastructure for hosting
 Helm-deployed containerized workloads.
 
-To get started, run the following in a fresh VM.  This will deploy Airship and OSH:
+To get started, run the following in a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 VM.  This will deploy Airship and OSH:
 ```
 sudo -i
 mkdir -p /root/deploy && cd "$_"