diff --git a/docs/sources/userguide/dockerizing.md b/docs/sources/userguide/dockerizing.md
index 7b8a5f0d05..afe18ce8df 100644
--- a/docs/sources/userguide/dockerizing.md
+++ b/docs/sources/userguide/dockerizing.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ do that with the `docker ps` command. The `docker ps` command queries
 the Docker daemon for information about all the container it knows
 about.
 
-    $ docker ps
+    $ sudo docker ps
     CONTAINER ID  IMAGE         COMMAND               CREATED        STATUS       PORTS NAMES
     1e5535038e28  ubuntu:14.04  /bin/sh -c 'while tr  2 minutes ago  Up 1 minute        insane_babbage