diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ cd manifests/xgboost-job/xgboost-operator
 kubectl create namespace kubeflow
 kustomize build base | kubectl apply -f -
 ```
+Note: for windows user, you might have invalid path error when you clone kubeflow/manifests repository, please use WSL instead
 
 Note that since Kubernetes v1.14, `kustomize` became a subcommand in `kubectl` so you can also run the following command instead: