diff --git a/stable/spartakus/templates/NOTES.txt b/stable/spartakus/templates/NOTES.txt
index e264fd46f8..01e2bff740 100644
--- a/stable/spartakus/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/stable/spartakus/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-Spartakus is now running in your cluster.
+To verify that Spartakus has started, run:
 
-THIS DOES NOT REPORT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. Anything that might be identifying, including things
-like IP addresses, container images, and object names are anonymized. We take this very seriously.
-If you think something we are collecting might be considered personal information, PLEASE let us know!
+  kubectl --namespace={{ .Release.Namespace }} get pods -l "app={{ template "fullname" . }}"
+
+THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT REPORT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. Anything that might be identifying,
+including things like IP addresses, container images, and object names are anonymized. We take
+this very seriously. If you think something we are collecting might be considered personal
+information, PLEASE let us know!
 
 https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/spartakus