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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Kubernetes components are stateless and store cluster state in [etcd](https://gi
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-The commands in this lab must be run on each controller instance: `controller-0`, `controller-1`, and `controller-2`. Login to each controller instance using the `gcloud` command. Example:
+The commands in this lab must be run on each controller instance: `controller-0`, `controller-1`, and `controller-2`. Login to each controller instance using `ssh`. Example:
 
 ```
 for instance in controller-0 controller-1 controller-2; do